31. In Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic in northwestern Uzbekistan, the rate was 97 per 100, 000. 32. An estimated 250 to 300 mouflons are found in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. 33. It became an autonomous republic on 5 December 1936. 34. Became an autonomous republic after World War II and achieved independence on Aug . 7, 1960. 35. Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia ( GARA ) from March 2006 to June 2009. 36. Himara became part of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, proclaimed on February 28 in Gjirokast�r. 37. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is an autonomous area of Azerbaijan, governed by its own elected legislature. 38. Levan Varshalomidze was appointed as the Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. 39. As an opponent of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus he was imprisoned shortly in Corfu. 40. Russia has consistently said it considers Chechnya to be a semi-autonomous republic of the Russian Federation.
