Qaraozek

Qaraozek Қараөзек, Qaraózek
town
Qaraozek
Qaraozek Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 43°01′39″N 60°00′45″E
Country	Uzbekistan
Autonomous Republic	Karakalpakstan
District	Karaozek district
Population  (2005)
• Total	12,300
Time zone	UTC+5 (UZT)

Qaraozek, Karaozek, or also Karauzyak (Karakalpak: Қараөзек, Qaraózek) is a town and seat of Qaraozek district in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.[1] The town population in 1989 was 10,656 people.[2]

Famous Karakalpak personalities as Allayar Dosnazarov, one of the founders of Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast and Karakalpak journalist, lawyer Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov were born in Karaozek.

References

1. "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.
2. Population census-1989