Qorakoʻl

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Qorakoʻl
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Qorakoʻl is located in Uzbekistan
Qorakoʻl
Qorakoʻl
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 39°30′10″N 63°51′20″E / 39.50278°N 63.85556°E / 39.50278; 63.85556
Country Uzbekistan
RegionBukhara Region
DistrictQorakoʻl District
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
22,300
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

Qorakoʻl,[a] also spelled as Karakul,[b] is a city in the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qorakoʻl District (Qorakoʻl tumani).[2] Its population is 22,300 (2016).[1]

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.[3]

History

The status of the city was granted in 1980. Previously it had been an urban-type settlement.

Notes

  1. ↑ Uzbek: Қоракўл, romanized: Qorakoʻl, arabized: قره کۉل, pronounced [ˌqɒrɐˈkɵl]
  2. ↑ Russian: Каракуль, romanized: Karakulj, pronounced [kərɐˈkulʲ]

References

  1. 1 2 Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 144.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Найимов С. Н. Ойконимы Бухарской области. Автореф. кандидатской диссертации. Т., 1984. с. 8