Back Karakax (kapital sa gatos sa Pangmasang Republika sa Tśina, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, lat 37,27, long 79,74) CEB Karakax German Κομητεία Καρακάς Greek Karakax Spanish شهرستان قرهقاش Persian Xian de Karakash French Contea di Karakax Italian 墨玉県 Japanese 모위현 Korean Karakash (Hotan) NB
Karakax County
Moyu, Mo-yü, Qaraqash | |
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.png) Location of Karakax County (red) within Hotan Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Karakax County Location within Xinjiang  Karakax County Karakax County (Xinjiang)  Karakax County Karakax County (China) | |
| Coordinates: 37°17′N 79°42′E / 37.283°N 79.700°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Hotan |
| County seat | Karakax Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25,788.86 km2 (9,957.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[3] | |
| • Total | 571,648 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Major ethnic groups | Uyghur, Han Chinese[4][5] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Postal code | 848100 |
| Website | www |
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| Uyghur | قاراقاش ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 墨玉县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 墨玉縣 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 喀拉喀什县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 喀拉喀什縣 | ||||||||||
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Karakax County[6][7] (Chinese: 墨玉县), alternatively Moyu County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qaraqash County[8] (Uyghur: قاراقاش ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 喀拉喀什县), alternately Qaraqash, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is located in the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, it is under the administration of the Hotan Prefecture. It contains an area of 25,667 km2 (9,910 sq mi). According to the 2011 census it has a population of 577,000 and 98,1% are Uyghurs. The county is bordered to the north by Awat County in Aksu Prefecture, to the northeast by Lop County, to the southeast by Hotan County, to the northwest by Maralbexi County in Kashgar Prefecture, and to the southwest by Pishan County and Kunyu. Exclaves of Kunyu are located within the county.
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和田地区辖县。面积23098.5平方千米，人口37.3万，有维吾尔、汉、回、壮等民族，其中维吾尔族占98.7％，汉族占1.3％，辖1镇15乡。
- ^ Ben Westcott (26 February 2020). "Chinese government disputes Xinjiang detention records leaked to CNN". CNN. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
The leaked document contained a list of 311 Uyghur residents from Karakax county in southwestern Xinjiang, all of whom were shown to have been sent off to re-education sites for a wide range of alleged offenses.
- ^ "Records of Xinjiang Ground-jay Podoces biddulphi in Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang, China" (PDF). 2004. pp. 121, 122. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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- ^ Sasha Chavkin (19 February 2020). "New Leak Shows How China Targets Uighurs in Xinjiang". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
A newly leaked document from Xinjiang listing personal details of hundreds of individuals detained in the region's Qaraqash county offers new insights into China's campaign of repression against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.
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