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Region
Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic
An autonomous republic covering more than a third of the country, with its own language and parliament. Mostly desert and Ustyurt plateau — and the site of the Aral Sea's disappearance.
- Administrative centre
- Nukus
- Area
- 166,590 km²
Moynaq ship cemetery
What to see
Savitsky Museum, Nukus
Around 100,000 works, including banned Soviet avant-garde painting saved here.
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Toprak-Kala
The palace-city of the kings of ancient Khorezm, at its height in the 3rd century AD.
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Mizdakhan Necropolis
A vast hillside burial ground near Khojeli, in use for more than two thousand years.
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