Karatau
Karatau is an urban-type settlement of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is part of the city of Nukus.- Type: Village with 3,020 residents
- Description: human settlement in Uzbekistan
- Also known as: “Karatau, Karakalpakstan” and “Qarataw”
Karatau
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
42.09° or 42° 5′ 24″ northLongitude
60.27982° or 60° 16′ 47″ eastPopulation
3,020Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)Inception
1964Open location code
8JJ237QH+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 4878500008OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Karatau” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Каратау (Каракалпакстан)”
- Belarusian: “Каратау”
- Dutch: “Karatau, Karakalpakstan”
- Greek: “Καρατάου”
- Persian: “قرهتاو، قرهقالپاقستان”
- Russian: “Каратау”
- Ukrainian: “Каратау”
- Uzbek: “Qoratov (shaharcha)”
- Uzbek: “Qoratov”
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