Jumgal ( ky, Жумгал району, Jumgal rayonu) is a
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 county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of
Naryn Region
Naryn Region ( ky, Нарын облусу, Naryn oblusu; russian: Нарынская область, Narynskaya oblast) is the largest region ('' oblus'') of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the east of the country and borders with Chüy Region in t ...
in central
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 ea ...
. The administrative seat lies at
Chaek.
Its area is ,
and its resident population was 44,866 in 2021.
It is a mountainous district. Its main rivers are the
Kökömeren (a tributary to the river
Naryn) and its tributaries
Jumgal,
Suusamyr and
Batysh Karakol.
Population
Populated places
In total, Jumgal District include 30 settlements in 13 rural communities ('). Each rural community includes one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Jumgal District are as follows:
[Law 27 September 2012 No. 168 on the transformation of individual urban settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic and relating them to the category of village or city]
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# Bash-Kuugandy (seat: Bash-Kuugandy)
# Bayzak (seat: Bayzak)
# Chaek (seat: Chaek; incl. Ak-Tatyr, Besh-Terek, Chukur-Akseki and Shorton)
# Chong-Döbö (seat: Chong-Döbö)
# Jangy-Aryk (seat: Jangy-Aryk; incl. Bazar-Turuk, Kyzart and Kyzyl-Emgek)
# Jumgal (seat: Jumgal; incl. Lama)
# Kabak (seat: Tabylgyty; incl. Aral, Keng-Suu, Kotur-Suu, Kyzyl-Korgon, Sary-Bulung and Tabylgy)
# Kök-Oy (seat: Kök-Oy; incl. Kichi-Aral)
# Kuyruchuk (seat: Kuyruchuk)
# Kyzyl-Jyldyz (seat: Kyzyl-Jyldyz)
# Ming-Kush (seat: Ming-Kush; incl. Kyzyl-Söök)
# Süyümbay (seat: Tash-Döbö)
# Tügöl-Say (seat: Tügöl-Say; incl. Epkin)
References
Districts of Naryn Region
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