Qońirat
Qońirat
Karakalpak: Қоңырат, Qońırat | |
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  Qońirat Location in Uzbekistan  Qońirat Qońirat (Central Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 43°02′59″N 58°51′15″E / 43.04972°N 58.85417°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Autonomous Republic | Karakalpakstan |
| District | Qońirat district |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 37,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
| Website | kungrad.com |
Qońirat, also spelled as Kungrad[2] (Karakalpak: Қоңырат, Qońırat), formerly known as Zheleznodorozhny (Russian: Железнодорожный, until 1969), is a city in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, located in the Amu Darya delta[2] on the left bank of the river. It is the seat of Qońirat district.[3] Its population was 37,100 in 2016.[1]
The city was founded more than two thousand years ago.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 143.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
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