Qoʻngʻirot
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Qoʻngʻirot Қўнғирот |
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karak. : Qon'ırat (Қоңырат) |
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| State : |
 Uzbekistan
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| Autonomous Republic: |
 Qaraqalpaqstan
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| Coordinates : | 43 ° 5 ' N , 58 ° 54' E | ||
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| Height : | 60 m | ||
| Residents : | 63,589 (2009) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+998) 6131 | ||
| Postal code : | 230600, 230601 | ||
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Qo'ng'irot ( Cyrillic Қўнғирот ; Karakalpak Qon'ırat , Cyrillic Қоңырат ; Russian Кунград Kungrad until 1969 Железнодорожный Schelesnodoroschny ) is a city in which to Uzbekistan belonging to the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan , located about 90 km northwest of the karakalpakischen capital Nukus on 60 m above sea level in the delta of the Amu Darya . The Ustyurt plateau begins eight kilometers to the west. In 1989, the census counted about 29,810 inhabitants in the city, according to a calculation for 2009 the population is 63,589.
Qoʻngʻirot is an independent city and also the capital of the district of the same name Qoʻngʻirot , which occupies almost half of its area in the western part of the republic. The Qoʻngʻirot district's share of Uzbekistan is 12%.
Qoʻngʻirot has a train station on the route from Türkmenabat in Turkmenistan to Bejneu in Kazakhstan and an airport ( ICAO code :) UTNK. During the construction of the railway towards Kazakhstan in the 1960s, Qoʻngʻirot developed into a means of transport.
The city is one of the oldest in Central Asia and has been the capital of an empire in the Aral Sea region several times .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Кунград in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ demoscope.ru
- ↑ René Létolle, Monique Mainguet, M. Reichmuth: The Aral Sea . Springer, 1996, ISBN 3-540-58730-6 , p. 253.