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Qorako‘l
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Qorako‘l

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Also known as Karakul'

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

Settlement.official_name
Qorakoʻl
Settlement.image_skyline
Qora ko'l2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Beach huts
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Uzbekistan
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right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
270
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Location in Uzbekistan
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Uzbekistan
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Bukhara Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
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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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Notes
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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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