Jeti-Ögüz ( ky, Жети-Өгүз, Jeti-Ögüz, lit=seven bulls) is a balneotherapic resort located at the

Jeti-Ögüz Rocks The Jeti-Ögüz Rocks is a geological protected area (nature monument) located in Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1975 with a purpose of conservation of a unique geological formation – sheer cli ...

near

Issyk Kul Issyk-Kul (also Ysyk-Köl, ky, Ысык-Көл, lit=warm lake, translit=Ysyk-Köl, , zh, 伊塞克湖) is an endorheic lake (i.e., without outflow) in the Northern Tian Shan mountains in Eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the seventh-deepest lake in th ...

in the

Jeti-Ögüz District Jeti-Ögüz ( ky, Жети-Өгүз , ''seven bulls'') is a Districts of Kyrgyzstan, district of Issyk-Kul Region in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. Its seat lies at Kyzyl-Suu. Its area is , and its resident population was 93,392 in 2021. It comprises m ...

Issyk-Kul Region Issyk-Kul Region ( ky, Ысык-Көл облусу, Ysyk-Köl oblusu; russian: Иссык-Кульская область, Issyk-Kulskaya oblast) is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kaz ...

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. ...

, about 28 km west of

Karakol Karakol ( ky, Каракол, Karakol, قاراقول, ; zh, 卡拉科尔), formerly Przhevalsk (russian: Пржевальск), is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, about from the Kyrgyzstan–C ...

, and near

Jeti-Ögüz village Jeti-Ögüz ( ky, Жети-Өгүз, Jeti-Ögüz, lit=seven bulls) is a village located at the north slope of Teskey Ala-Too mountain range near Issyk Kul in the Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 4,14 ...

. Its population was 337 in 2021.

History

The thermal springs of Jeti-Ögüz were known to local inhabitants since antiquity. The place became known to Europe after 1856 when

Semenov-Tian-Shanskii Andrey Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Семёнов-Тянь-Ша́нский) (9 June 1866–1942) was a Russian entomologist specializing in beetles. He was the son of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ...

first visited it. Since 1965 the resort operates year-round. In 1991, an important meeting between

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

and

Askar Akayev Askar Akayevich Akayev ( ky, Аскар Акаевич (Акай уулу) Акаев, translit=Askar Akayevich (Akay Uulu) Akayev ; ; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being ov ...

took place in Jeti-Ögüz.

Places of interest

This resort is a common destination of interest for citizens of Kyrgyzstan, as well as a popular destination for tourists to Kyrgyzstan. The

are located in vicinity of the resort. From the resort, with a hike or ride on horse-back of several hours, one may reach a waterfall located in a gully, as well as a pine-tree plantation. This is a popular trek for tourists and visitors. File:Jeti-Ögüz Resort 2.jpg File:Jeti-Ögüz Sanatorium.jpg File:Jeti-Ögüz Sanatorium 5.jpg File:Jeti-Ögüz Sanatorium 12.jpg File:Jeti-Ögüz Sanatorium 6.jpg File:Jeti-Ögüz Sanatorium 7.jpg

References

Resorts in Kyrgyzstan Spas Issyk-Kul Region {{IssykKul-geo-stub