Jasliq
Sign in to saveJasliq (, , ) is an urban-type settlement of Qońırat District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. It is connected by road to Qaraqalpaqstan in the northwest, and Kunkhodzha in the southeast. Its population was 3,791 people in 1989, and 4,600 in 2016.
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- Locality
- Jasliq
- Region
- Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikası
- Country
- Oʻzbekiston
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Located in
- Karakalpakstan
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
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Jasliq (, , ) is an urban-type settlement of Qońırat District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. It is connected by road to Qaraqalpaqstan in the northwest, and Kunkhodzha in the southeast. Its population was 3,791 people in 1989, and 4,600 in 2016.
Jasliq contains the notorious Jaslyk Prison, where in 2010, the Independent Human Rights Defenders of Uzbekistan reported the deaths of 39 prisoners. Torture and deaths from violence are not uncommon at the prison.
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