Jasliq
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Jasliq
Jaslıq | |
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urban-type settlement | |
  Jasliq Location in Uzbekistan | |
| Coordinates: 43°58′24″N 57°29′38″E / 43.97333°N 57.49389°E | |
| Country |  Uzbekistan |
| Autonomous Republic | Karakalpakstan |
| District | Qoʻngʻirot District |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 4,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
Jasliq (Karakalpak: 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 the notorious Jaslyk 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]
