Nukus serves as the capital city of the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan.

[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan, military doctors from the district worked in the Nukus Higher Sports School for Olympic and National Sports (a temporary diagnostic, distribution and treatment center).

[3] 300 servicemen helped repair the dam of the Sardaba Reservoir in the Sirdaryo Region.

[6] On 3 December 2020, a ceremony was held to open the newly renovated training ground.

Defense Minister Bakhodir Kurbanov in his speech on the occasion states it "will be an international training ground meeting the most modern requirements" and that it occupies "a worthy place among the authoritative training grounds of the national army".