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Karakalpakstan, [a] officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, [b] is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It spans the northwestern portion of Uzbekistan. Its capital is Nukus (Nókis / Нөкис). Karakalpakstan has an area of 166,590 km 2 (64,320 sq mi), [3] and has a population of about 2 million people.
Karakalpak is a member of the Kipchak branch of Turkic languages, which includes Kazakh, Bashkir, Tatar, Kumyk, Karachay, Nogai and Kyrgyz.Due to its proximity to Turkmen and Uzbek, some of Karakalpak's vocabulary and grammar has been influenced by Uzbek and Turkmen.
The Berdakh's Karakalpak State University (Karakalpak: Berdaq atındaǵı Qaraqalpaq mámleketlik universiteti, Uzbek: Berdaq nomidagi Qoraqalpoq davlat universiteti) is a public university in Nukus, capital of autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in north-western Uzbekistan.
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 ...
Erkin Qaraqalpaqstan (Karakalpak: Еркин Қарақалпақстан, Free Karakalpakstan) is the main Karakalpak language newspaper, published in Uzbekistan. As of 2007, it printed 2700 copies three times a week, down from 66,000 five times a week in 1975. Former names: 1924: قاراقالپاق ٔيرکين (Free Karakalpak)
In 1932, the city was renamed to Turtkul (from Turkish törtkül meaning square [6]) and between 1932 and 1939 was the capital of the newly formed autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan. The city was located near the major Amu Darya River, which is known for having significantly altered its flow path several times in its history.
Karakalpakia (Karakalpak: Karakalpakiya) is an urban-type settlement of Qońırat district in the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. [1] Its population was 3,013 people in 1989, [ 2 ] and 4,500 in 2016.
The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Karakalpak ASSR; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан АССР, Qaraqalpaqstan ASSR; Uzbek: Қорақалпоғистон АССР, Qoraqalpog‘iston ASSR; Russian: Каракалпакская АССР, Karakalpakskaya ASSR), also known as Soviet Karakalpakstan or simply Karakalpakstan, was an autonomous republic within the Soviet Union.