Qorako‘l
Sign in to saveQorakoʻl, 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
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Qorakoʻl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Qora ko'l2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Beach huts
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Uzbekistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 270
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Located in
- Uzbekistan
- Population
- +16650
- Elevation
- +199
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Qorako‘l District
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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.