Kök-Janggak ( ky, Көк-жаңгак, meaning "green walnut" in Kyrgyz and Uzbek, russian: Кок-Янгак ''Kok-Yangak'') is a city in

Jalal-Abad Region Jalal-Abad Region ( ky, Жалал-Абад облусу, Jalal-Abad oblusu; russian: Джалал-Абадская область, Dzhalal-Abadskaya oblast) is a region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jala ...

in western

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. ...

, located at a distance of about 29 km from the regional centre city

Jalal-Abad Jalal-Abad (also spelled Dzhalal-Abad, Djalal-Abat, Jalalabat; ky, Жалал-Aбат, ''Calal-Abat/Jalal-Abat'', جالال-ابات, ) is the administrative and economic centre of Jalal-Abad Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and ...

. Its population was 12,117 in 2021. It is a city of regional significance within the

Suzak District Suzak ( ky, Сузак району) is a district of Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Suzak. Its area is , and its resident population was 308,243 in 2021. Population Towns, rural communities and villag ...

History

Kök-Janggak originated as a coal-mining settlement in 1910. The upper strata of coal of the Kok-Yangak coal deposit were mined on a small scale until the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

. During the

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the mine was destroyed by basmachi and extraction was suspended. During the

first five-year plan The first five-year plan (russian: I пятилетний план, ) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a list of economic goals, created by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, based on his policy of socialism in ...

new drift mines were developed and an access railroad from

was built in 1931, resulting in a rapid increase in coal production. In 1943 Kök-Janggak became a town.

Population

The population of Kök-Janggak was 10,341 in 2004; including 8,400 - Kyrgyz, 640 - Uzbek, 540 - Russian, 210 - Tatar, 140 - Kazakh, and 411 - other nationalities.

References

External links

Assessment of the Coal Resources of the Kyrgyz Republic
Populated places in Jalal-Abad Region {{JalalAbad-geo-stub