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 , it is under the administration of the .
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  • Type: City with 106,000 residents
  • 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”, “Karakash”, “Mo-yü-chen”, “Mo-yü-hsien”, “Moyu”, “Qara Qash”, “Qarakash”, and “Qaraqash”

Karakax County

Latitude
37.2714° or 37° 16′ 17″ north
Longitude
79.7377° or 79° 44′ 16″ east
Population
106,000
Elevation
1,330 metres (4,364 feet)
Open location code
8J9X7PCQ+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 452737932
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1280541
Wiki­data ID
Q1207811
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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: “Karakax-koān”
  • 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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