Tömön-Suu ( ky, Төмөн-Суу, , russian: Темен-Суу, Temen-Suu) is a village in the Moskva district of Chüy Region in

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. It is located 18 km south of

Belovodskoye Belovodskoye ( Kyrgyz and russian: Беловодское) is a large village in the Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 23,046 in 2021. It is the administrative seat of Moskva District, and is located on the European route E40 (M39) ...

, the administrative center of Moskva district, and was part of the former Karl Marks Kolkhoz.

Geography

Tömön-Suu is located 18 km south of

, situated among the foothills of the

Kyrgyz Ala-Too range The Kyrgyz Ala-Too ( ky, Кыргыз Ала-Тоосу, Kyrgyz Ala-Toosu, ; kk, Қырғыз Алатауы, Qyrǵyz Alataýy; zh, 吉尔吉斯阿拉套) also known as Kyrgyz Alatau, Kyrgyz Range, and Alexander Range (until 1933) is a large ra ...

. The village is divided into 3 different regions: Artel ( ky, Артел) in the north, Ukraine ( ky, Уркаина) in the center, and Karl Marks ( ky, Карл Маркс) in the south. Tömön-Suu is the administrative center for the Ak-Suu village council, which also includes the villages of Ak-Bashat, Ak-Torpok, Bala-Ayylchy, Keper-Aryk, Murake and Chong-Aryk. Temen-Suu limits sign cropped

Demographics

The population of Tömön-Suu was 2,568 in 2021. Tömön-Suu residents primarily earn their living from working the land and herding animals (especially cows).

Sights

The village has a school, a hospital, a social hall ("club"), and a library. There is also a cheese factory, now privately owned. The village is also home to a memorial for fallen soldiers of

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, as well as a statue of

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

References

Populated places in Chüy Region {{Chuy-geo-stub