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Karakalpaks Karakalpaks
Karakalpaks PRONUNCIATION: kar-uh-kuhl-PAKS ALTERNATE NAMES: Qoraqolpoqlar LOCATION: Uzbekistan (territory of Karakalpakistan); Kazakstan; Russia; Turkmenistan POPULATION: 350,000 LANGUAGES: Karakalpak; Russian RELIGION: Islam (Sunni Muslim) 1 • INTRODUCTION The Karakalpaks (who... Read more
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , Uzbek Ozbekiston, officially Republic of Uzbekistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,851,000), 173,552 sq mi (449,500 sq km), central Asia. The republic borders on Afghanistan in the south, on Turkmenistan in the southwest, on Kazakhstan in the west and north, and on Kyrgyzstan and... Read more
Gulistan Gulistan
Gulistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan: the original village took its name, Golodnaya Step ‘Hungry Steppe’, from the Russian golodnyy ‘hungry’ and step′ ‘steppe’ in which it was located. In 1922 the name was changed to Mirzachul... Read more
Asaka Asaka
Asaka, Japan, Uzbekistan 1. Japan (Honshū): the original name, Hizaori, was in use from the early 17th century and meant ‘Bent Knee’ from hiza ‘knee’ and ori ‘bent’. However, in 1932 the Tokyo Golf Club thought that Hizaori was inappropriate and... Read more
Amu Darya Amu Darya
Amu Darya or Amudarya , river, c.1,600 mi (2,580 km) long, formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Pandj rivers, which rise in the Pamir Mts. of central Asia. It flows generally northwest, marking much of the northern border of Afghanistan with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan before... Read more
Khiva Khiva
Khiva , city (1989 pop. 40,001), S Uzbekistan, in the Khiva oasis and on the Amu Darya River. Industries include metalworking, cotton and silk spinning, wood carving, and carpetmaking. The city, in existence by the 6th cent., was the capital of the Khwarazm (Khorezm) kingdom in the 7th and 8th... Read more
Turkestan Turkestan
TURKESTAN Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and southern Kazakhstan cover the territory of former Turkestan. The region is mostly desert and semi-desert, with the exceptions of the mountainous east and the river valleys. The major rivers are the Amu Darya, Zeravshan, Syr Darya, Chu,... Read more
Fergana Valley Fergana Valley
FERGHANA VALLEY A triangular basin with rich soil and abundant water resources from the Syr Darya River, modern canals, and the Kayrakkum Reservoir; the Ferghana Valley (Russian: Ferganskaia dolina ; Uzbek: Fargona ravnina ) is situated primarily in Uzbekistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan and... Read more
Uzbeks Uzbeks
Uzbeks ETHNONYMS: The national and eponymous ethnonym is Ozbek. Uzbek is used by non-Uzbeks and Ozbek is the term used by Uzbeks themselves. Orientation Identification and Location. Uzbek or Ozbek becomes increasingly common after the middle of the fifteenth century. As a term first used... Read more
Karshi Karshi
Karshi (Qarshi), Uzbekistan Naksheb, Nesef, Bek‐Budi An ancient stop on the caravan route from Samarkand to Afghanistan, it was renamed in the 14th century after two fortified palaces were built here by the Chagadai khans Kabak and Kazanby. In Turkish karsi and in Uzbek qarshi mean... Read more

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