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Qońırat
Karakalpak: Қоңырат, Qońırat
City
Қоңырат
Qońırat is located in Uzbekistan
Qońırat
Qońırat
Location in Uzbekistan
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Qońırat is located in Central Asia
Qońırat
Qońırat
Qońırat (Central Asia)
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Coordinates: 43°02′59″N 58°51′15″E / 43.04972°N 58.85417°E / 43.04972; 58.85417
Country Uzbekistan
Suveren RepublicKarakalpakstan
DistrictQońırat district
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
37,100
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (UZT)
Websitekungrad.com

Qońırat, also spelled as Kungrad[2] (Karakalpak: Қоңырат, romanized: 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 Qońırat district.[3] Its population was 37,100 in 2016.[1]

In the past it was the centre of caravan routes leading to the Caspian Sea and the Uralsk province.[2]

References

  1. Soliyev, A.S. Shaharlar geografiyasi [Geography of cities] (PDF) (in Uzbek). p. 143.
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kungrad" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.
  3. "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.