Jasliq | |
Settlement Type: | urban-type settlement |
Native Name: | Jaslıq |
Pushpin Map: | Uzbekistan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uzbekistan |
Coordinates: | 43.9733°N 57.4939°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uzbekistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Republic |
Subdivision Name1: | Karakalpakstan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Qoʻngʻirot District |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 4600 |
Timezone: | UZT |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Jasliq (Kara-Kalpak: Jaslıq/Жаслық, Uzbek: Jasliq/Жаслиқ, Russian: Жаслык) is an urban-type settlement of Qońırat District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.[1] It is connected by road to Qaraqalpaqstan in the northwest, and Kunkhodzha in the southeast. Its population was 3,791 people in 1989,[2] and 4,600 in 2016.[3]
Jasliq contains a notorious prison, where in 2010, the Independent Human Rights Defenders of Uzbekistan reported the deaths of 39 prisoners.[4] Torture and deaths from violence are not uncommon at the prison.[4] [5]