Qorako‘l
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Qorakoʻl, also spelled as Karakul, is a city in the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qorakoʻl District (Qorakoʻl tumani). Its population is 22,300 (2016).
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Place details
- Locality
- Qorako'l
- Region
- Buxoro Viloyati
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 22,487
- Timezone
- Asia/Samarkand
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Key facts
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- Qorakoʻl
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- Qora ko'l2.jpg
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- Beach huts
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- Uzbekistan
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- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 270
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- Location in Uzbekistan
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- Country
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- Region
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- 25px Uzbekistan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bukhara Region
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Qorakoʻl District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 22300
- Settlement.timezone
- UZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
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Qorakoʻl, also spelled as Karakul, is a city in the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qorakoʻl District (Qorakoʻl tumani). Its population is 22,300 (2016).
== Name == "Qorakoʻl" means "black lake" (< qora 'black' + ''ko'l'' 'lake') in Uzbek language. The Turkic name of Lake Karakul in this area has been known since the beginning of the 8th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qorako‘l” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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