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	Karakalpakstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		UZ-QR Karakalpakstan (Uzbek: Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi or Қорақалпоғистон Республикаси; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан Республикасы or Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikası) is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan.
		The population of Karakalpakstan is estimated at 1,200,000, of whom 400,000 are of the Karakalpak ethic group, 400,000 are Uzbek, and 300,000 are Kazakh.
		The ancient oasis of rivers, lakes, reed marshes, forests and farms are drying up, and being poisoned by wind-borne salt and chemicals from the dried bed of the Aral Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karakalpakstan (375 words)

	Special Report: UZBEKISTAN - 19 December 2000
		Uzbekistan comprises 12 provinces and the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan.
		Surveys in Karakalpakstan indicate that the variety of foods in the diet is fairly limited, particularly in the environmentally worst affected areas and during the bleak winter months.
		In Karakalpakstan the shortfall is primarily in wheat.
	www.fao.org /docrep/004/x9188e/x9188e00.htm (8326 words)

	Encyclopedia: Karakalpakstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nukus (Karakalpak: NÃ¶kis/ÐÓ©ÐºÐ¸Ñ) is a city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic.
		Karakalpak is a Northwestern Turkic language mainly spoken mostly by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan), along the lower Amu Darya river, and around the southern part of the Aral Sea.
		Oficially it is called the Republic of Karakalpakstan and is situated southeast and southwest of the Aral Sea.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Karakalpakstan (393 words)

	NGO Helps Relieve Distress of Women's Reproductive Health in Karakalpakstan
		The situation is particularly problematic in Karakalpakstan where almost the entire territory has been polluted by excessive use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture.
		Karakalpakstan has the highest levels of maternal and infant mortality in all of Uzbekistan.
		Unfortunately, Karakalpakstan lacks the financial means to publish the most basic educational brochures for pregnant women on issues such as nutrition and hygiene.
	www.isar.org /pubs/ST/Oral.html (1229 words)

	Uzbekistan - SOCIETY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Because the population of that region is much younger than the national average (according to the 1989 census, nearly three-quarters of the population was younger than twenty-nine years), the rate of population growth is quite high.
		In 1991 the rate of natural growth in Karakalpakstan was reportedly more than thirty births per 1,000 and slightly higher in the republic's rural areas.
		Karakalpakstan is also more rural than Uzbekistan as a whole, with some of its administrative regions (rayony ; sing., rayon) having only villages and no urban centers--an unusual situation in a former Soviet republic.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/uzbekistan/SOCIETY.html (6341 words)

	The Republic of Karakalpakstan
		Karakalpakstan has is own Constitution and Parliament (Jokargi Kenes) which rules the country.
		The government is headed by the Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan.
		The Chardjow-Kungrad-Beineu-Makat railway passing through Karakalpakstan is the route from Central Asia to Russia and further European countries.
	www.umid.uz /Main/Uzbekistan/Regions/Karakalpakstan/karakalpakstan.html (352 words)

	World Bank Group \| Social Development \| Needs Assessment for the Uzbekistan Water Supply and Sanitation Project
		Karakalpakstan, one of the poorest regions in Uzbekistan, encompasses 37 percent of the land area and has a population of 1.37 million.
		Karakalpakstan consists of almost equal numbers of Uzbeks, Karakalpaks, and Kazakhs, while 95 percent of Khorezm's population is Uzbek.
		Household surveys involving interviews with 951 households (456 in Karakalpakstan and 495 in Khorezm) in 100 rural and urban settlements with populations of 20,000 or less.
	lnweb18.worldbank.org /ESSD/sdvext.nsf/PrintFriendly/F1D73210D5F3D25E85256DF1005E9B4A?Opendocument (3275 words)

	Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan
		The Higher Arbitration Court of the republic of Uzbekistan, and arbitration courts of the republic of Karakalpakstan and the regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be transformed respectively into the Higher Economic Court of the republic of Uzbekistan and the economic courts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the regions.
		Relationship between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Karakalpakstan, within the framework of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall be regulated by treaties and agreements concluded by the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
		One of the Vice-Chairmen of the Oliy Majlis, a deputy of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall represent Karakalpakstan.
	www.umid.uz /Main/Uzbekistan/Constitution/constitution.html (7611 words)

	Gov.uz – Regional administration/ Council of the Ministers of the Republic Karakalpakstan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Republic of Karakalpakstan situated southwest part of Uzbekistan and northwest of Kyzylkum Desert and delta of the Amu Darya River.
		The total length of automobile roads in the Republic of Karakalpakstan is approximately 3 000 kms.
		Karakalpakstan hosts the branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
	www.gov.uz /section.scm?sectionId=1903 (580 words)

	FANTASIA -> Uzbekistan -> Regions -> Karakalpakstan
		Karakalpakstan support a population of 1,4 million people, mainly Uzbek (32,8%) and Karakalpak (32,1 %) other ethnic groups are represented with Russians, Kazakh, Uigurs, Tartars and other nationalities.
		The Chardjow-Kungrad-Beineu-Makat railway passing through Karakalpakstan is the route from Uzbekistan to Russia and further European countries.
		The territory of Karakalpakstan used to be the part of Khorezm - one of the most important points of ancient oriental civilizations.
	www.fantasticasia.net /?p=311 (466 words)

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		Uzbekistan: Crop Crisis in Karakalpakstan The government's quest for quotas is draining the fertility from soil already affected by the Aral Sea disaster.
		By Olga Borisova in Nukus (RCA 168, 10-Dec-02) Uzbekistan's autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan is facing an agricultural crisis caused by the authorities' practise of planting large amounts of crops on unsuitable stretches of land.
		Karakalpakstan needs to be developed in a completely opposite way than is currently practised, he argued.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/rca/rca_200212_168_2_eng.txt (824 words)

	UNICEF Uzbekistan - Water, environment and sanitation - The Aral Sea and drought
		During the period from 1960 until 1992 the area of the sea was halved and its volume quartered, as the Amu-Darya and Syr-Darya rivers were channeled and dammed to provide irrigation for agriculture.
		In Karakalpakstan the fishing industry that once employed tens of thousands of people has gone, and agricultural land is no longer productive, resulting in a rapid loss of employment opportunities for local people.
		A policy framework for water supply and environmental sanitation is being developed, which besides providing water supply and sanitation to areas currently without, will contribute to a reduction in water-borne and water-related diseases and improve the nutritional status of the population in general and children in particular.
	www.unicef.org /uzbekistan/wes.html (1147 words)

	Karakalpakstan -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		On the east Karakalpakstan occupies the western half of the Kyzylkum Desert, a vast plain covered with shifting sands.
		Cattle and Karakul sheep are raised in the Kyzylkum Desert.
		The Aral is bordered by Kazakhstan on the north and the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic in Uzbekistan on the south.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9044685 (875 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The South Karakalpakstan Main Collector Drain project is located in the western part of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, which includes part of the Aral Sea to the north.
		In irrigated lands of the type found in South Karakalpakstan the depth from land surface to water-table is a parameter of critical importance.
		Karakalpakstan is in a transitional period of political, socio-economic and ecological changes, which have been accompanied by a general decrease in the productivity of irrigated land and in the volume of agricultural production.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2003/04/05/000094946_0303220424324/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt (16351 words)

	International Reporting Project - Fellows' Stories
		Karakalpakstan, the semi-autonomous republic that makes up the western third of Uzbekistan, is in the midst of a severe drought, the worst that anyone can remember.
		Karakalpakstan lies at the end of this system, furthest downstream; in other words, it is last in line.
		According to the regional authorities, Karakalpakstan planted 115,000 hectares of rice.
	www.pewfellowships.org /stories/uzbekistan/pf_uzbekistan_drought.htm (1273 words)

	Karakalpakstan :: history, monuments and pictures of Karakalpakstan, territory of ancient Khorezm
		He Karakalpakstan territory comprises the southern half of the Aral sea, a new saline desert Aral-Kum is being formed on its dry bottom, and the lower part of the Amu-Darya river.
		The deserts in Karakalpakstan cover 13.67 million hectares which is more than 80% of its territory.
		The territory of the present republic of Karakalpakstan is a kind of the "Archeological reserve".
	www.orexca.com /karakalpakstan.shtml (2265 words)

	FISHERY IN THE LOWER AMU-DARYA UNDER THE IMPACT OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
		The ecological degradation became especially critical east of the Aral Sea, in the lower reaches of the Amu-Darya and the Syr-Darya where the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the Khorezm Region of Uzbekistan, and the Tashauz Region of Turkmenistan are situated.
		Karakalpakstan started fishing the lake only in 1980 and stopped fishing in 1988 as it turned out to be economically non-profitable for reasons of the long distance between the water body and the place of fish processing, and because of the low fish quality.
		To recognize the importance of Karakalpakstan fishery and the need for its rehabilitation and adaptation to the new conditions as given by the modification of water bodies through requirements of the irrigated agriculture.
	www.fao.org /docrep/V9529E/v9529E04.htm (5594 words)

	Karakalpakstan Art Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Karakalpakstan -- the name evokes poignant images: the crisis of the Aral Sea, the long and rich history of the Silk Road, and the civilizations flourishing and inhabiting this land.
		The Savitsky Art Museum, located in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan, was founded in 1966.
		Igor Savitsky (1915-1984), an artist from Moscow, came to Karakalpakstan as a member of the Khorezm Archeological Ethnographic Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
	www.civilsoc.org /nisorgs/uzbek/museum.htm (215 words)

	International Reporting Project - Fellows' Stories
		A farmer's son outside the village of Tartakupir in Karakalpakstan.
		This year, Karakalpakstan suffered a severe drought, the worst in a century.
		Karakalpakstan is in the midst of a tuberculosis epidemic.
	www.pewfellowships.org /stories/uzbekistan/uzbekistan_aral5.htm (232 words)

	CDC - Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Central Asia
		The relative biases introduced by these reasons for nonparticipation are unknown; however, the high rate of refusal to participate in Karakalpakstan was mostly due to inadequate patient communication in the early stages of the survey and is therefore unlikely to have affected the representativeness of the sample.
		In Karakalpakstan, the strains of 52% of new patients and 20% of retreatment patients were fully sensitive to all five first-line drugs.
		The proportion of MDR-TB was higher in Karakalpakstan than in Dashoguz for both new and retreatment cases; 13% (95% CL 4% to 35%) versus 4% (95% CL 1% to 11%) for new cases and 40% (95% CL 21% to 62%) versus 18% (95% CL 11% to 28%) for retreatment cases.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol10no5/03-0718.htm (4169 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Karakalpakstan: Thousands Escape Poverty Tashkent wants to keep control of Karakalpakstan - yet seems unconcerned that its people are flooding into Kazakstan.
		As the railways and motorways of one of the country's two northern trunk routes go through Karakalpakstan, Tashkent is especially keen to keep control of the autonomous republic - and this can be better achieved if the majority of its population are Uzbeks, rather than Karakalpaks and Kazaks.
		Olga Borisova is a correspondent for IWPR in Karakalpakstan.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/rca/rca_200209_150_2_eng.txt (759 words)

	..::: School No31 Nukus city :::..
		A climate of the Republic of Karakalpakstan is continental.
		He was iniciated foundation of art museum in Karakalpakstan which became popular during last several years.
		The art museum of Karakalpakstan was founded in 1966, which was managed with I.V. Savitskiy.
	nukus31.connect.uz /nukus_en.php (571 words)

	News and Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The objective of that project was to demonstrate the practical use of solar panels for the independent supply of energy to remote villages and settlements of Karakalpakstan.
		In response to a demand of the Government of Karakalpakstan, addressing UNDP in view of finding possibilities for further development of the project, UNDP prepared and launched a new project “Clean Energy for rural communities in Karakalpakstan — Phase II”.
		The objective of the project’s second phase will be to provide all the inhabitant of Kostruba village with solar panels energy sources, also to raise awareness among population of other remote settlements in Karakalpakstan, of the advantages in using renewable sources of energy.
	www.uzbekistan.org /news/archive/169?print=1 (366 words)

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		"Karakalpakstan is probably the region with the most difficult situation with regard to TB, with the highest morbidity and mortality rates," Zakir Khodjaev, head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) mission in Uzbekistan, told IRIN in the capital, Tashkent.
		MSF was focusing its activities on areas of high incidence of TB, and was continuing to research links between the degraded environment and human health.
		It has implemented the DOTS strategy to fight TB in a total of 30 districts in the autonomous republics of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm in Uzbekistan, and Dashkhovuz in Turkmenistan.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=35568&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=UZBEKISTAN (851 words)

	Icarda CAC News
		The project was prepared at the request of the Government of Uzbekistan for FAO's assistance in mitigating the consequences of water shortage in the northern area of Uzbekistan during 1999-2001.
		The Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan (KK), which is located at the tail-end of the Amudarya River, and includes its delta into the Aral Sea, was particularly affected by that severe drought.
		The main cause of this disaster was mismanagement of water resources in the river basin, compounded by diminishing snow and glacier melt, a declining trend in rainfall, and possible long-term climatic change.
	www.icarda.cgiar.org /CAC/n2405.htm (310 words)

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