About McGhee: Makati County belongs to the Kashgar region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in the eastern part of the Kashgar region, on the southwestern edge of the Taklimakan Desert. It is connected to Yecheng County in the south, Shache County in the west, and the Yarkant River in the north and Bachu County. It is connected to the Taklimakan Desert in the east and Pishan County in the Hetian District. The territory is 136 kilometers wide from north to south, 160 kilometers from east to west, 11023 square kilometers, and 210,000 people (as of 2004).