Karakalpak

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The Karakalpak Republic makes up the eastern third of Uzbekistan. Karakalpaks are Hanafite Sunni Muslims and speak a Central Turkic language in the Altaic language family. The Karakalpaks are a minority in their own republic. Irrigation agriculture, mostly practiced on state controlled land and collectives, provide the main source of income.

Identifier

Region

• Asia

Subregion

• Central Asia

Subsistence Type

• intensive agriculturalists

Countries

• Uzbekistan