Tong ( ky, Тоң району, Tong 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 ...

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 ...

in north-eastern

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 seat lies at Bökönbaev. Its area is , and its resident population was 53,401 in 2021. Tong District borders

Issyk-Kul District Issyk-Kul District ( ky, Ысык-Көл району, ''Isıq-Köl rayonu'', ىسىق-كۅل رايونۇ; russian: Иссык-кульский район, ''Issyk-kuljskij rajon'') is a district of Issyk-Kul Region in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. ...

to the north-west,

Jeti-Ögüz District Jeti-Ögüz ( ky, Жети-Өгүз , ''seven bulls'') is a 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 much of the eastern end o ...

to the south and south-east,

Kochkor District Kochkor () is a district of Naryn Region in northern-central Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Kochkor. Its area is , and its resident population was 67,363 in 2021. Population Populated places In total, Kochkor District includes 35 s ...

to the south-west, Naryn District to the south,

Kemin District Kemin ( ky, Кемин району, Kemin rayonu) is the northeast panhandle district of Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , making it the largest district of Chüy Region, and its resident population was 48,360 in 2021. Its admini ...

to the north-west, and

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 ...

- to the north.

Geography

The district is located between the southern shore of

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 i ...

lake and

Teskey Ala-Too Range The Terskey Ala-Too ( ky, Тескей Ала-Тоо, Teskey Ala-Too, , russian: Терскей-Алатау, Terskey-Alatau) is a mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It stretches south and southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, from th ...

and features natural passage from the depression to the west through the

Boom Gorge Boom Gorge ( ky, Боом капчыгайы, Boom kapchygayy, lit=shoestring gorge, russian: Боо́мское уще́лье) is a river gorge in Chüy Region and Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. The gorge cuts, in a general north–south dire ...

. The foothills of the range are composed of

Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretace ...

and Cenozoic deposits, and severely dissected by gullies, ravines and river valleys. The lake area extends with lakeside planes and river fans, sometimes interrupted by foothill ridges. Syrts stretch to the south of Teskey Ala-Too Range. Approximately 89% of the district is occupied by mountains, and 11% - by valleys. The hydrological conditions are dominated by Tong river, Ak-Sai river, Ak-Terek River, and Tuura-Suu.

Climate

An average temperature in January is -4°C in valleys, and -16°C in mountains. In July, an average temperature varies from +18°C in valleys, to +10°C in mountains. An absolute recorded temperature minimum is -30°. Average maximum temperatures are +30°C in valleys, and +15°C in mountains. Average yearly precipitation is 200-300 mm in valleys, and 300-400 mm in mountains. An average snow cover is up to 10 cm. Almost no snow cover was observed near

Balykchy Balykchy ( ky, Балыкчы) is a town at the western end of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, at an elevation of about 1,900 metres. Its area is , and its resident population was 42,875 in 2021 (both including Orto-Tokoy). A major industrial and tr ...

. The maximum wind reaches 45 m/s once in 20 years.

Population

Populated places

In total, Tong District includes 30 villages located in nine rural communities (). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Tong District are:List of rural communities of Kyrgyzstan
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
/ref> # Ak-Terek (seat: Kara-Koo; incl. Ala-Bash, Bar-Bulak, Döng-Talaa, Komsomol and Kyzyl-Tuu) # Bolot Mambetov (seat: Eshperov; incl. Ak-Say, Jer-Üy and Kök-Say) # Kajy-Say (seat: Kajy-Say) # Kök-Moynok (seat: Ak-Ölöng; incl. Kök-Moynok-1 and Kök-Moynok-2) # Köl-Tör (seat: Toguz-Bulak; incl. Köl-Tör and Kongur-Ölöng) # Kün-Chygysh (seat: Bökönbaev; incl. Archaly) # Tong (seat: Tong; incl. Kajy-Saz and Ak-Say) # Tört-Kül (seat: Tört-Kül, incl. Temir-Kanat and Tuura-Suu) # Ulakol (seat: Ottuk; incl. Kara-Talaa, Kara-Shaar, Tuura-Suu and Shor-Bulak) Note:

is a town of regional significance of

, and is not part of the Tong District.

References

Districts of Issyk-Kul Region {{IssykKul-geo-stub