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Nukus

Uzbek: Nukus / Нукус
Karakalpak: No‘kis / Нөкис
Nukus is located in Uzbekistan
Nukus
Nukus
Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 42°28′N 59°36′E / 42.467°N 59.600°E / 42.467; 59.600
Kintra Uzbekistan
Province Karakalpakstan
Population
 (2018 est.)
 • Total312,100

Nukus (Uzbek: Nukus / Нукус; Karakalpak: No‘kis / Нөкис; Roushie: Нукус) is the saxt-lairgest ceety in Uzbekistan, an the caipital o the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. It haes a population o 312,100 (2018 estimate[1]). The Amu Darya river passes wast o the toun.

The ceety is best kent for its warld-class Nukus Museum o Airt.

History

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Nukus developed frae a sma dounset in 1932 intae a lairge, modren Soviet ceety wi broad avenues an big public biggins bi the 1950s. The ceety's isolation made it host tae the Red Airmy's Chemical Research Institute, a major research an testin centre for chemical warfare wappens.

Environmental concerns

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Wi the faw o the Soviet Union an the growin environmental disaster o the Aral Sea, the ceety's situation haes deterioratit. Contamination o the surroondin aurie bi wind-borne salt an pesticides frae the dry Aral Sea bed hae turned the surroondin aurie intae a wasteland, wi vera heich rates o respiratory disorders, cancer, birth defects an deformities.

The panoramic view o Nukus

Nukus is host tae the Nukus Museum o Airt (kent as the State Airt Museum o the Republic o Karakalpakstan an aw, named efter Igor V. Savitsky) an State Museum. The State Museum hooses the uisual collection o airtifacts recovered frae airchaeological investigations, traditional jewelry, costumes an muisical instruments, but mair interestingly, displays o the aurie's nou vanished or endangered flora an fauna, an on the Aral Sea issue. The Airt Museum is notit for its collection o modren Roushie an Uzbek airt frae 1918-1935. Stalin tried his best tae eliminate aw non Soviet airt frae this period, an sent maist o the airtists tae the gulag. Baith Savitsky hissel an the collection at Nukus survived acause o the ceety's remoteness.[2]

Nukus is hame tae the Progress Center an aw, Central Asie's finest Inglis-leid institute. Hoosed in a umwhile Komsomol meetin haw, the institute haes received major fundin frae UNICEF.[3]

Climate

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Nukus experiences a desert climate (Köppen BWk) wi simmers that are lang, dry an vera het, an winters that are short, tho quite cauld.

Climate data for Nukus
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average heich °C (°F) −0.3
(31.5)
1.9
(35.4)
10.6
(51.1)
21.0
(69.8)
28.7
(83.7)
33.8
(92.8)
36.0
(96.8)
33.3
(91.9)
27.5
(81.5)
18.1
(64.6)
10.2
(50.4)
2.6
(36.7)
18.6
(65.5)
Average law °C (°F) −8.8
(16.2)
−7.9
(17.8)
−0.8
(30.6)
7.6
(45.7)
13.9
(57.0)
18.3
(64.9)
20.8
(69.4)
18.1
(64.6)
11.8
(53.2)
4.3
(39.7)
−0.7
(30.7)
−5.2
(22.6)
5.9
(42.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10.1
(0.40)
8.7
(0.34)
16.4
(0.65)
19.3
(0.76)
12.2
(0.48)
3.9
(0.15)
3.5
(0.14)
2.1
(0.08)
3.0
(0.12)
8.7
(0.34)
9.4
(0.37)
13.6
(0.54)
110.9
(4.37)
Average precipitation days 9.5 7.6 8.9 9.0 6.1 3.6 2.8 1.7 2.4 4.9 6.1 9.7 72.3
Source: World Meteorological Organisation (UN) [4]
  1. Число постоянных жителей в Республике Каракалпакстан на 1 января 2018 года Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, Портал открытых данных Республики Узбекистан
  2. Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea, Pantheon (2003). ISBN 0-375-42130-0. p. 323–324.
  3. Bissell, Chasing the Sea, p. 325–326.
  4. "World Weather Information Service – Nukus". United Nations. Archived frae the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 05 January 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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Coordinates: 42°28′N 59°36′E / 42.467°N 59.600°E / 42.467; 59.600