Shımbay, also known as Chimbay, is a city and the seat of Shımbay District in Karakalpakstan, the autonomous republic in the west of Uzbekistan. Its Karakalpak name is written Шымбай (Shımbay) and its Russian name is Чимбай. English Wikipedia gives its population as 50,400 in 2016. The city is known for one of the ancient yurt workshops of Karakalpakstan, located near the old Russian house, where craftsmen make Karakalpak yurts with their own technique, handed down from generation to generation. The atlas holds it in the Central Asia subregion as a district seat of Karakalpakstan.
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1. Shımbay (Wikipedia)
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Its population is 50,400 (2016).
Karakalpakstan (Wikipedia)
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Karakalpakstan, officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan.
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