Caracax

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Location of Karakax district (pink) in Hotan administrative district (yellow)

The Karakax district ( Chinese  墨玉县 , Pinyin Mòyù Xiàn ; Uighur قاراقاش ناھىيىسى, Ⱪaraⱪax Naⱨiyisi ) is a district of the Hotan administrative district in the south of the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in the northwest of the People's Republic of China . It has an area of ​​25,789 km² and has 440,000 inhabitants.

The site of the Mazhatage Defense System (Mazhatage shubao zhi 麻 扎塔格 戍 堡 址) has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-219) since 2006 .

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Coordinates: 37 ° 17 '  N , 79 ° 42'  E