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Karakalpakstan is a large autonomous republic located in western Uzbekistan. It is home to ethnic Karakalpaks, a Turkic people who speak a language closer to Kazakh than to Uzbek. Despite the geographic size of their republic, Karakalpaks number just 752,000, 2.2% of Uzbekistan's population. [10]
On 26 June 2022, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyayev, proposed 170 amendments to the country's constitution, to be voted on in a public referendum.This included an amendment that would significantly reduce Karakalpakstan's autonomous status within Uzbekistan, as well as another that would remove Karakalpaks' constitutional right to secede from Uzbekistan via a referendum.
Karakalpakstan is now mostly desert and is located in western Uzbekistan near the Aral Sea, in the lowest part of the Amu Darya basin. [10] [9] [11] It has an area of 164,900 km 2 [12] and is surrounded by desert. The Kyzyl Kum Desert is located to the east and the Karakum Desert is located to the south.
Uzbekistan declared independence on 31 August 1991 after the events of the failed coup while Karakalpak ASSR was renamed to and re-established as the Republic of Karakalpakstan on 21 December 1991. The Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991.
The Karakalpak population is mainly confined to the central part of Karakalpakstan that is irrigated by the Amu Darya. The largest communities live in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan and the surrounding large towns, such as Khodjeyli, Shimbay, Takhiatash, Shomanay and Kungrad. Although their homeland bears their name, the Karakalpaks are ...
Rare street protests began on 2–3 April 2019 when illegal houses were demolished, sparking anger. A wave of protests started on 26–30 July, protesting the treatment of poor people and the demolitions of mosques, homes and houses. Many say they've been treated like dogs. Hundreds demonstrated in the areas surrounding Tashkent. Mass protests ...
Orynbaev Amanbai Tlewbaevich (Uzbek: Orinbayev Amanbay Tlewbay og'li, Karakalpak: Orınbaev Amanbay Tlewbay uli; born September 17, 1979) is a Karakalpak and Uzbek statesman and politician, chairman of the Jokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan [1] since August 26, 2022, and concurrently deputy head of the Senate of the Republic of ...
Results of the election showed 64 deputies for the Movement of Entrepreneurs and Businessmen – Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party, 29 from the Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, 20 from the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, 21 from the Social Democratic Party, and 16 from the Ecological Party of Uzbekistan. [5] [6]