Gorapoğyston

Not to be confused with Gorapog'istan.

The Gorapoğyston Province of Galzbiristan or Galzbiri Gorapoghistan (Gorapogh: Қорапоґыжан Көқтизминәт Q'orapoĝıjan Qöq'tizminət; Galzbiri: Gorapoğyston Wylaýaty/Горапоґыстон Вылайаты) is a province (wylaýat) of Galzbiristan within the region (myňtaqat) of Zalqandy. Along with the larger territory of Banta Gorapoghistan and the corresponding autonomous republic, Gorapoğyston is the ethnic homeland of the Gorapogh people, for whom it was specifically set aside by the Galzbiri government.

Demographics
With an estimated population of 257,100 (2010), Gorapoğyston is the second least populated wylaýat in Galzbiristan, after Quxon. It is very sparsely inhabited, and nearly 75% of inhabitants are ethnic Gorapoghs, many of whom are fully nomadic. Thus, Gorapoğyston has only a small number of tiny towns, the largest being the administrative center of Tuňstyğyz (Töŋstıĝıẑ/Төӊстыґыҙ in Gorapogh, pop. 6000), along with Galzbyrbaşypol (Q’oḽzbırıboŝıpḽ/Қоӆзбырыбошипӆ, pop. 4000), Garaxgozyg (Q’ ərəĥq’ozeq/Қәрәҳқозек, pop. 3500), and Şymgusy (Ŝımqŵzı/Шымкўзы, pop. 2200). These town are the centers of their respective districts (etrĕpler), of which there are five in Gorapoğyston when one takes into account the Unorganized Etrĕp that covers the northern half of the wylaýat.