Kungrad
Encyclopedia
Qo‘ng‘irot also spelled as Kungrad , formerly known as Zheleznodorozhny (Russian: Железнодорожный, until 1969), is a town in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
, located in the Amu Darya
delta
on the left bank of the river. Population: 11,000 (1970).
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
, located in the Amu Darya
Amu Darya
The Amu Darya , also called Oxus and Amu River, is a major river in Central Asia. It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers...
delta
River delta
A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river...
on the left bank of the river. Population: 11,000 (1970).