Qanlikól

Qanlikól
Qanlikól, Қанлыкөл
Qonlikoʻl, Қонликўл
'Town'
Qanlikól qalashası
Qonlikoʻl shahrchasi
Qanlikól
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 42°50′N 59°00′E / 42.833°N 59.000°E / 42.833; 59.000
Country Uzbekistan
Autonomous RepublicKarakalpakstan
DistrictQanlikól district
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
10,303
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)

Qanlikól (Karakalpak: Qanlıkól, Қанлыкөл)(Uzbek: Qonlikoʻl, Қонликўл, قانلی‌کۉل) is a town and seat of Qanlikól district in Karakalpakstan.[1] The town population in 1989 was 7,303 people.[2]

The name of this town, in both Karakalpak and Uzbek, means "blook-like lake". In the Soviet times, the name of this town was Leninabad (Karakalpak: Ленинабад)(Uzbek: Leninobod, Ленинобод, لنین‌آباد).

Famous Karakalpak musical artist and singer Ayimkhan Shamuratova was born in Qanlikol.

References

  1. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
  2. ^ Population census-1989