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Karakalpakstan Republic
(Encyclopedia)Karakalpakstan Republic käˌrəkŭlpäkˈ [key], autonomous republic (1992 pop. 1,312,000), c.61,000 sq mi (158,000 sq km), W Uzbekistan, on the Amu Darya River. Nukus is the capital. The republic co...Maimana
(Encyclopedia)Maimana or Meymaneh both: māˈmänə [key], city (1979 pop. 38,250), capital of Faryab prov., N Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border. A walled city inhabited mainly by Uzbeks, Maimana is a market ...Namangan
(Encyclopedia)Namangan nəmən-gänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 305,585), capital of Namangan region, W Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Basin. A center for the production of cotton and silk, it also has food-processing pla...Nukus
(Encyclopedia)Nukus no͞oko͞osˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 170,362), capital of Karakalpakstan Republic, W Uzbekistan, in the Khwarazm oasis and on the Amu Darya River. It has alfalfa and food-processing and other li...Chirchik
(Encyclopedia)Chirchik chĭrchēkˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 156,654), suburb of Tashkent, E Uzbekistan. It is an industrial center with large fertilizer plants and machinery factories. There is a chain of hydroelect...Karshi
(Encyclopedia)Karshi kərshēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 168,000), S Uzbekistan, on the Kashka-Darya River. It is the center of a fertile oasis that produces wheat, cotton, and silk. Karshi was founded in the 9th cen...Fergana
(Encyclopedia)Fergana or Ferghana both: fyĕrgənäˈ [key], city, capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana ...Andijan
(Encyclopedia)Andijan zhänˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 352,600), capital of Andijan region, Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Valley, on the Andijan-Say River. It is an industrial center in an i...Shakhrisyabz
(Encyclopedia)Shakhrisyabz or Shakhrisabz shärēsäbzˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 52,976), NE Qashqadaryo region, Uzbekistan. Metalworking, silk milling, and food processing are among the local industries. Anciently ...Amu Darya
(Encyclopedia)Amu Darya or Amudarya both: ämo͞oˈ däryäˈ, äˈmo͞o därˈyə [key], river, c.1,600 mi (2,580 km) long, formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Pandj rivers, which rise in the Pamir Mts. of ce...Browse by Subject
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