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ID: 1057847 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1057847			Record Type: administrative

Nukus (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 50 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 42.8333 decimal degrees
Long: 059 29 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 59.4833 decimal degrees

Note: City located in southwestern Uzbekistan, near the head of the Amu Darya river delta. Originally established as a city in 1932, it replaced Trutkul as the capital of Kara-Kalpak A.S.S.R (now Qoragalpoghiston) as Trutkul had eroded because of the rising Amu Darya river. A main industry is food processing.

Names:

Nukus (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)

Nikus (C,V)

Nikis (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Uzbekistan (nation) (P)

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Karakalpakstan (autonomous republic) (P)

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Nukus (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	founded in 1932 on site of earlier settlement
city (C)
regional capital (C)
industrial center (C)
cultural center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Nikis..........	[VP]
..............	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 16 August 2004

Nikus..........	[VP]
..............	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 16 August 2004

Nukus..........	[VP Preferred]
..............	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 16 August 2004


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 16 August 2004

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