Bazar-Korgon ( ky, Базар-Коргон; uz, Bozorqoʻrgʻon) is a town in
Jalal-Abad Region
Jalal-Abad Region ( ky, Жалал-Абад облусу, Jalal-Abad oblusu; russian: Джалал-Абадская область, Dzhalal-Abadskaya oblast) is a region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jala ...
of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
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K-43-25
(1:200,000) Formerly a large village, it was established as a city in January 2021 from the former rural community (''ayyl aymagy'') of Bazar-Korgon (villages Bazar-Korgon,
Besh-Badam, Jeti-Koshkon and Kök-Alma) and part of the rural community Kengesh (villages
Sovet, Auk, Kyzyl and Orto-Say).
Its population was 41,011 in 2021.
The majority of its inhabitants are ethnic
Uzbek (approximately 80 percent) and the remaining 20% are predominantly ethnic
Kyrgyzs
The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz; ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is the nation state of the Kyrgyz people and significant diaspora can be found in China, Russia, and Uzbekistan. Th ...
. The town has a large open air market. Shared taxis to the regional capital
Jalal-Abad
Jalal-Abad (also spelled Dzhalal-Abad, Djalal-Abat, Jalalabat; ky, Жалал-Aбат, ''Calal-Abat/Jalal-Abat'', جالال-ابات, ) is the administrative and economic centre of Jalal-Abad Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and ...
depart every 15 to 20 minutes.
Population
See also
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Azimzhan Askarov
Azimzhan Askarov ( uz, Azimjon Asqarov, Азимжон Асқаров; 17 May 195125 July 2020) was an ethnic Uzbek Kyrgyzstani political activist who founded the group ''Vozduh'' in 2002 to investigate police brutality. During the 2010 South ...
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Populated places in Jalal-Abad Region
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