Aydarken ( ky, Айдаркен, Aydarken; russian: Хайдаркен, Khaydarken or more recently Айдаркен) is a cityLaw 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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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. ...

. It is part of the

Kadamjay District Kadamjay District ( ky, Кадамжай району; russian: Кадамжайский район) is a district in Batken Region, in south-western Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Kadamjay. The district area is , and its resident pop ...

. The population of Aydarken amounted to 12,031 in 2021. Aydarken is situated at about 2,000 m elevation, on the northern slopes of the Alay Range.

Population

Aydarken Mercury Plant (KMP)

The Aydarken Mercury Plant (KMP) was the third largest producer of primary

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in 2005. The ore reserves exploited are located in or near Aydarken. The

Minamata Convention on Mercury The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an international treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. The convention was a result of three years of meetin ...

includes provisions which will eliminate primary mercury mining."Kyrgyz Primary Mercury Mine Project"
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References

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