Kegeyli District ( uz, Kegeyli tumani, kaa, Kegeyli rayonı) is a

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Karakalpakstan Karakalpakstan, / officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, / is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It occupies the whole northwestern part of Uzbekistan. The capital is Nukus (' / ). The Republic of Karakalpakstan has an area of , and ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. The capital lies at the town Kegeyli. Its area is and it had 73,600 inhabitants in 2022.

Etymology

The origin of Kegeyli is associated with the Kegeyli canal, which flows through the town itself and through the district of Kegeyli also. Both sides of this canal are called Kegeyli because they were surrounded by kegay trees and turquoise. This was later generalized to the town.

History

Kegeyli district was created in 2004 by the merger of former Boʻzatov district and former Kegeyli district. This merger was effected by Resolution 598-II of the

Oliy Majlis The Oliy Majlis (Cyrillic ''Олий Мажлис'', ) is the parliament of Uzbekistan. It succeeded the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 1995, and was unicameral until a reform implemented in January 2005 created a second chambe ...

of the Republic of Uzbekistan (11 February 2004) and Resolution 225 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (11 May 2004), which abolished Boʻzatov district and created the enlarged Kegeyli district. In 2019 it lost part of its territory to the re-established

Boʻzatov District Boʻzatov District ( uz, Boʻzatov tumani, kaa, Bozataw rayonı) is a district of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. The seat lies at the urban-type settlement Boʻzatov. It was created in September 2019 from parts of the Kegeyli District and the Chi ...

Locations

As of 2021 the district contains one city ( Xalqobod), one

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( Kegeyli) and eight rural communities (Obad, Aktuba, Janabazar, Jalpak jap, Kok Ozek, Kumshunkul, Juzim bagʻ, Iyshan kala).

Population

Most of the population is Karakalpak, but there are also

Uzbeks The Uzbeks ( uz, , , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak mino ...

Kazakhs The Kazakhs (also spelled Qazaqs; Kazakh: , , , , , ; the English name is transliterated from Russian; russian: казахи) are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to northern parts of Central Asia, chiefly Kazakhstan, but also parts o ...

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, Koreans,

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and others. In average there are 62 people per km². The urban population is 33,800 as of 2000.

Economy

In shirkat farms, mainly

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is cultivated. About 18,000 pieces of cattle, 18,000 sheep and 10 camels are fed in district and private farms.

References

Karakalpakstan Districts of Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub