Karakalpakstan
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From Karakalpak Qaraqalpaqstan.
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Karakalpakstan
- An autonomous republic in northwestern Uzbekistan, bordering Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Official name: Republic of Karakalpakstan. Capital: Nukus
- 2022 July 4, “Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in unrest”, in France 24[1], archived from the original on 04 July 2022:
- The autonomous republic's constitutional right to break away from Uzbekistan is a legacy of an agreement struck between Karakalpakstan and the central government in Tashkent after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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