Karakax County
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Karakax County is a county in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, with administrative division code 653222.

## Administrative status

Karakax County is part of [Hotan Prefecture](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinjiang-hotan.html) (prefecture)[^mca2023].

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 653222[^mca2023]
- Area: 25,607.72 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 571,648 (2020)[^wikidata]

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Hotan Prefecture https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinjiang-hotan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- Hotan Prefecture https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/xinjiang-hotan.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 653222 墨玉县
- Wikidata Q1207811 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207811
- Karakax County (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakax_County
- 墨玉县（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A2%A8%E7%8E%89%E5%8E%BF