Qorako'l
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Qorakoʻl Қоракўл |
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| State : |
 Uzbekistan
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| Province: | Buxoro | ||
| District: | Qorako'l | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 30 ' N , 63 ° 51' E | ||
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| Height : | 197 m | ||
| Residents : | 24,102 (2009) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+998) 6556 | ||
| Postal code : | 002010 | ||
Qorakoʻl (from qora , “black”, and koʻl , “lake”; Cyrillic Қоракўл ; Russian Каракуль Karakul ) is a city in the Uzbek province of Bukhara , located about 55 km southwest of the provincial capital Bukhara at 197 m above sea level. Qorako'l is the capital of a district of the same name and is located in the lower reaches of the Serafshan river oasis . According to the 1989 population census, Qorako'l had 16,700 inhabitants at that time, according to a calculation for 2009 the population is 24,102.
Qorako'l is on the railway line from Turkmenabat in Turkmenistan to Kogon ; The cultivation of cotton is of particular economic importance . The city was raised in 1980. The majority of the population are ethnic Uzbeks .
The name of the city is an etymological root for the Karakul sheep from Uzbekistan , whose lambskins are traded as Persians .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Qorako'l in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ qorakul1.zn.uz ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
