Qaraqash

Proper noun

Karakax

1. A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • The Xinjiang government said in a short statement on its main news website that the incident occurred just before 5pm in Karakax county, deep in southern Xinjiang’s Uighur heartland.2016 December 28, “Xinjiang attack: four 'terrorists' and one bystander killed, says China”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2016
2. A town in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • After 80km and 1½ hours there is finally some green at the turn-off to Píshān, but the desert soon reclaims the road's boundaries, threatening the road itself, until Karakax (Mòyù), about 25km before Khotan, where there are tidy cultivated fields of corn, cotton and rice.1997, Peter Neville-Hadley, China the Silk Routes (Cadogan Guides), Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 294

   Synonyms:

   Mo-yü, Kalakashi, K'a-la-k'a-shih

3. Karakash River
   • The road then descends into the valley of the Karakax River, where a detour cuts through to Khotan at the southern extremity of the Taklamakhan Desert on the Silk Route.2004, Gyurme Dorje, Footprint Tibet (Footprint Travel Guides), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 397