Nukus

Nukus (Uzbek: Nukus / Нукус; Karakalpak: No‘kis / Нөкис; Kazakh: Нөкіс; Russian: Нукус) is the sixth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. It has a population of 271,400 (2010 estimate). The population of Nukus on April 24th 2014 is approximately 230,006. The Amu Darya river passes west of the town.

The city is best known for its world-class Nukus Museum of Art.

The name Nukus is associated with the old tribal name Uzbeks - Nukus. Nukus developed from a small settlement in 1932 into a large, modern Soviet city with broad avenues and big public buildings by the 1950s. The city's isolation made it host to the Red Army's Chemical Research Institute, a major research and testing center for chemical weapons.