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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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Osh Region Osh Region ( ky, Ош облусу, translit=Osh oblusu; russian: Ошская область, Oshskaya oblast) is a region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh, which is not part of the region. It is bounded by (clockwise) Jalal-Abad Re ...

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District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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Alay District , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = The Pamirs with Lenin Peak from Sary-Tash.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = The Pamirs with Lenin Peak from Sary-Tash , imag ...

, leader_title = , leader_name = , established_title = , established_date = , area_total_km2 = , area_footnotes = , population_as_of = 2021 , population_total = 13755 , population_density_km2 = , timezone = KGT , utc_offset = +6 , timezone_DST = , utc_offset_DST = , coordinates = , elevation_m = 1540 , area_code = , website = Gülchö ( ky, Гүлчө; russian: Гульча, Gulcha) is a mountain

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

. It is the seat of

Alay District , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = The Pamirs with Lenin Peak from Sary-Tash.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = The Pamirs with Lenin Peak from Sary-Tash , imag ...

. Its population was 13,755 in 2021.

Population

Geography

The M41 highway leading south from

Osh Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош, romanised Osh; uz, O‘sh/Ўш) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (e ...

to the

Alay Valley The Alay Valley ( ky, Алай өрөөнү, ) is a broad, dry valley running east–west across most of southern Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. It spreads over a length of east–west. The valley extends in north–south direction with varying width ...

and eastern

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

passes through Gülchö. The 2402m Chyrchyk Pass separates Gülchö from Osh, and the 3615m

Taldyk Pass Taldyk Pass is an all year round pass in the Alay Mountains of Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. The road from Osh to Khorugh (eastern Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan) ...

separates Gülchö from

Sary-Tash , native_name_lang = ky , settlement_type = , image_skyline = Sary Tash, Kirghizstan.jpg , image_alt = , image_caption = Sary Tash village with the Pamir mountains , image_flag ...

in the Alay Valley. Gülchö is situated in a broad valley at the confluence of three rivers, forming the river

Kurshab Kurshab (established as ''Pokrovskoye'', before 2004: ''Leninskoye'') is a large village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Özgön District. Its population was 20,471 in 2021. It is situated near the river Kurshab, between the cities ...

.Soviet military ma
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Climate

Gülchö has a hot, dry-summer

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...

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Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''Dsa''). The average annual temperature is 8.9 °C (48 °F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of -7 °C (19 °F). The average annual precipitation is 501mm (19.72"). The wettest month is May with an average of 90mm (3.5") of precipitation and the driest month is September with an average of 16mm of precipitation.

References

Populated places in Osh Region {{Osh-geo-stub