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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.
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Map of Uzbekistan. As of 2021, Uzbekistan has 120 cities (shahar) and 1,067 urban-type settlements (shaharcha). [1] Most populous cities of Uzbekistan. List of cities ...
Nukus (Karakalpak: Nókis / Нөкис / نوكىس; Uzbek: Nukus / Нукус / نوکوس) is the sixth-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan. The population of Nukus as of 1 January 2022 was 329,100. [ 1 ]
The top level is formed by the regions (Uzbek: viloyat, вилоят, plural viloyatlar), the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan and the independent city of Tashkent.The regions Karakalpakstan and Tashkent are further divided into districts (Uzbek: tuman, туман, plural tumanlar) and cities of regional subordination.
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.
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. In 1932, the ...
Qońirat, also spelled as Kungrad [2] (Karakalpak: Қоңырат, Qońırat), formerly known as Zheleznodorozhny (Russian: Железнодорожный, until 1969), is a city in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, located in the Amu Darya delta [2] on the left bank of the river. It is the seat of Qońirat district. [3]