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Name
Indicators
Territory, km2
60 500
Population
Population density, per/km2
303 400
Total number of people
1 835 700
Women, per
963 000
Men, per
917 000
Urban population, per
610100
Rural population, per
1 225 600
Educational institutions
Primary schools
525
Secondary professional (colleges)
88
Academic lyceums
5
Higher education institutions
1
Medical institutions
Hospitals
41
State clinics
271
Infrastructure, km
Transport
Car roads
2165
Railways
174,7
Airport
International 
Airport Urgench
Social
(was
commissioned)
Gas pipelines, km
21,1
Water supply 
networks, km
262,4
276. 
The economy of Khorezm province is primarily based on cotton. Other main sectors
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of agriculture include melon-growing, rice-growing, meat and dairy farming, and sericulture. 
The main industries include electric power, machine building and metalworking, building 
materials, light, food, flour and the cereal industry.
4.11 
K a raka lpa kstan
Geography and topography
277. 
The Republic of Karakalpakstan is located in the north-west of Uzbekistan, in the 
lower reaches of the Amudarya river, along the south-west coast of the Aral Sea. Most of the 
territory is occupied by plains, passing into the Ustyurt plateau, in the southwest into the hilly 
chain of Karakum, and in the east into the Kyzylkum desert. In the southeast, the Sultan- 
Uvais mountains rise. It borders on the Republic of Kazakhstan in the north, northeast and 
west; in the south and southeast with the Republic of Turkmenistan; and in the east and 
southeast with Navoi and Khorezm provinces.
Climate
278. 
The climate in Karakalpakstan is sharply continental with hot and dry summers as 
well as cold winters with some slight precipitation. The average temperature in January is 
from - 5 to - 8 C. The minimum temperature in winter is -3 8 C. The average temperature in 
June reaches +26 to +28 C, and in July and August -5 0 C. The average rainfall is 100 mm 
per year.