Qaraozek, Karaozek, or also Karauzyak ( Karakalpak: Қараөзек, Qaraózek) is a town and seat of Qaraozek district in

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 ...

in Uzbekistan. The town population in 1989 was 10,656 people.Population census-1989
/ref> Famous Karakalpak personalities as Allayar Dosnazarov, one of the founders of

Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast was created on February 19, 1925 by separating lands of the ethnic Karakalpaks from the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Khorezm People's Soviet Republic. Initially located within the Kirghiz Autonom ...

and Karakalpak journalist, lawyer Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov were born in Karaozek.

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Populated places in Karakalpakstan Urban-type settlements in Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-geo-stub