Karakax County
Karakax County, also known as Moyu County, 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.- City with 106,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1,330 metres (4,364 feet)
- Description: county
- Also known as“Ha-la-k’a-shih”“Ha-la-k’o-shih”“Halahashih”“K’a-la-k’a-shih”“K’o-la-k’o-shih”“Kalakashi”“Kalakashi Zhen”“Kara kash”“Kara-kasch”“Karakax”“Mo-yü-chen”“Mo-yü-hsien”“Moyu”“Qara Qash”“Qarakash”“墨玉县 قاراقاش”
Karakax County
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Latitude
37.2714° or 37° 16′ 17″ north
Longitude
79.7377° or 79° 44′ 16″ east
Open location code
8J9X7PCQ+H3
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Karakax County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ناحية قره قاش”
- Cebuano: “Karakax (kapital sa gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, lat 37,27, long 79,74)”
- Cebuano: “Karakax”
- Chinese: “kālākāshí zhèn”
- Chinese: “喀拉喀什”
- Chinese: “喀拉喀什镇”
- Chinese: “墨玉”
- Chinese: “墨玉县”
- Chinese: “墨玉縣”
- Dutch: “Karakax”
- French: “Comte de Karakash”
- French: “Comté De Karakash”
- French: “Karakash”
- French: “Karakax”
- French: “Moyu”
- French: “xian de Karakash”
- French: “Xian de Karakash”
- Gan Chinese: “墨玉县”
- German: “Karakasch”
- German: “Karakax”
- German: “Moyu”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Καρακάς”
- Italian: “Contea di Karakax”
- Japanese: “カラカシュ県”
- Japanese: “墨玉県”
- Korean: “모위현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Karakax-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karakash”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moyu”
- Norwegian: “Karakash”
- Persian: “شهرستان قرهقاش”
- Persian: “شهرستان کاراکاش”
- Russian: “Каракаш”
- Spanish: “Karakax”
- Swedish: “Qaraqash”
- Turkish: “Karakaş İlçesi”
- Uighur: “K̩arak̩ax”
- Uighur: “Qaraqash Baziri”
- Uighur: “Qaraqash nahiyisi”
- Uighur: “Qaraqash”
- Uighur: “Қарақаш”
- Uighur: “قاراقاش بازىرى”
- Uighur: “قاراقاش ناھىيىسى”
- Uighur: “قاراقاش”
- Ukrainian: “Каракаш”
- Urdu: “قاراقاش کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Kalakashen”
- Vietnamese: “Karakash”
- Vietnamese: “Karakax”
- Vietnamese: “Mặc Ngọc”
- Wu Chinese: “墨玉县”
- Yue Chinese: “墨玉”
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