Beruniy
Beruniy/Беруний | |
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City | |
  Beruniy Location in Uzbekistan  Beruniy Beruniy (West and Central Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 41°41′N 60°45′E / 41.683°N 60.750°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Autonomous Republic | Karakalpakstan |
| District | Beruniy District |
| City status | 1962 |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 55,900 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
| Postal code | 230200[1] |
| Area code | +998 6157[1] |
Beruniy (Uzbek: Beruniy/Беруний; Karakalpak: Biruniy/Бируний; Russian: Беруни) is a city in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. It is located on the northern bank of the Amu Darya near Uzbekistan's border with Turkmenistan. The city is the seat of Beruniy District.[2] Historically, Beruniy was known as Kath (Persian/Arabic: کاث; modern Uzbek: Kos)[3] and served as the capital of Khwarazm during the Afrighid dynasty. In 1957, it was renamed "Beruniy" in honor of the medieval scholar and polymath Al-Biruni who was born here. Beruniy received city status in 1962.
Beruniy is an important industrial city in Karakalpakstan. It is home to an asphalt plant, a brick factory, a cotton plant, and a shoe factory. There are also many textile factories.
- ^ a b "Beruni". SPR (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (in Uzbek and Russian). The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics. July 2020.
- ^ Habib Borjian, "KĀṮ", www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kat-city