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Region
Republic of Karakalpakstan
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
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Savitsky Museum, Nukus
Around 100,000 works, including banned Soviet avant-garde painting saved here.
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Moynaq ship cemetery
Fishing trawlers left standing on what used to be the seabed.
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Ayaz-Kala
Ancient Khorezmian desert fortresses on a ridge above the Kyzylkum.