Engilchek ( ky, Эңилчек, russian: Энильчек) is a village in
Ak-Suu District
Ak-Suu ( ky, Ак-Суу району) is a district of Issyk-Kul Region in eastern Kyrgyzstan. The administrative center lies at the village Teploklyuchenka. Its area is , and its resident population was 69,439 in 2021.
Geography
Located in Kyrgy ...
, southeast
Issyk-Kul Region,
Kyrgyzstan. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers
Saryjaz
The Aksu River (; ; means "white/clear water" in Uyghur and Kyrgyz languages) is a transboundary river in the Xinjiang province in China and Ak-Suu District of Issyk-Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. Its upper section in Kyrgyzstan is known as the Sa ...
and
Engilchek. With the closure of the tin mine, the population fell from 5,000 to less than 20 families. As of 2021, its population was 140.
It lies at the head of one of the few good roads into the southeast of the province and is therefore a base for mountaineers and serious hikers. The road west to Ak-Shyyrak has been impassable since at least 2008. Somewhere in the neighborhood is said to be Shaitan Mazar ("the devil's grave") where a UFO supposedly crashed in 1991. The
Engilchek Glacier is about 50 km east of the town.
Population
References
Populated places in Issyk-Kul Region
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