[2] It is 107 kilometres (66 mi) from the Karakalpak capital of Nukus.

The town has been the seat of Taxtakópir district since 1984.

It has six public schools and two vocational colleges.

In 1989, during the last Soviet census, the population was recorded as 15,022 (7,553 men and 7,469 women).

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