Ysyk-Ata District ( ky, Ысык-Ата району, russian: Ысык–Атинский район) is one of the eight

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of the

Chüy Region Chüy Region ( ky, Чүй облусу, Chüy oblusu; russian: Чуйская область, Chuyskaya oblast) is the northernmost region (''oblast'') of the Kyrgyz Republic. This region surrounds the national capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. It ...

in northern

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. ...

with an area of . The district's resident population was 154,340 in 2021. Since 1998, when the former Kant District was merged into Ysyk-Ata District, the administrative center of the district is the city of

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. The district is located on the southern side of the river Chüy, about halfway between the national capital

Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...

and the former regional capital

Tokmok Tokmok ( ky, Токмок, lit=hammer; russian: Токмак, Tokmak) is a city in the Chüy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan, east of the country's capital of Bishkek, with a population of 71,443 in 2021. Its elevation is 816 m above sea level. From ...

Air force base and school

In 1941, a

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base and pilot training school were set up in the district. During

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, 1507 military pilots were trained there. Since 1956, the school trained foreign pilots; among its graduates were both the ex-

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ian president

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and the late

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n president

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. In 1992, the air base was transferred to Kyrgyzstan authorities; since 2003 it hosts

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units.

Water erosion

The district authorities, as well as the residents of the riverside village of

Milyanfan Milyanfan ( ky, Милянфан; russian: Милянфан, from dng, Милёнчуан; Hanzi: ) is a village in the Ysyk-Ata District of the Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 5,271 in 2021. It is located near the southern bank ...

(russian: Милянфан), are concerned with the river Chüy gradually washing away the district's land, as it shifts its course to the south and erodes its left (southern) bank.

Demographics

As of 2009, Ysyk-Ata District included 1 town, and 58 villages in 18 rural communities ('). Its de facto population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 131,503, and de jure population 132,759. Some 21,762 people live in urban areas, and 109,741 in rural ones.

Ethnic composition

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of Ysyk-Ata District (de jure population) was:

Populated places

In total, Ysyk-Ata District includes 1 town and 56 settlements in 18 rural communities ('). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in Ysyk-Ata District are: # city

# Ak-Kuduk (seat: Kirov; incl. Ak-Kuduk, Kotovsky, Birinchi May and Khun Chi (partly)) # Birdik (seat: Birdik; incl. Khun Chi (partly)) # Internatsional (seat: Internatsional; incl. Jar-Bashy) # Ivanovka (seat: Ivanovka) # Jeek (seat: Dmitriyevka; incl. Gagarin and Jeek) # Keng-Bulung (seat: Keng-Bulung; incl. Gidrostroitel, Druzhba and Cholpon) # Kochkorbaev (seat:

Kengesh Kengesh ( ky, Кеңеш) is a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region, southern Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 2,763 in 2021. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Tar and Kara-Kulja. In 2011 it made headlines after announcing it ...

; incl. Budennovka and Dokturbek Kurmanaliev) # Krasnaya Rechka (seat:

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) # Logvinenko (seat: Novopokrovka (partly); incl. Chong-Daly) # Lyuksemburg (seat: Lyuksemburg; incl. Kirshelk) # Milyanfan (seat:

) # Novopokrovka (seat: Novopokrovka (partlypartly https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=42.87164___N_74.72559___E); incl. Lenin and Sary-Jon) # Nurmanbet (seat: Nurmanbet; incl. Birinchi May and Aliaskar Toktonaliev) # Syn-Tash (seat: Telman; incl. Ak-Say, Jetigen, Kyzyl-Aryk, Ötögön, Rot-Front, Sovet and Syn-Tash) # Tuz (seat: Tuz; incl. Dayyrbek, Jayalma and Tömönkü Serafimovka) # Uzun-Kyr (seat: Jer-Kazar; incl. Druzhba and Tömönkü Norus) # Yuryevka (seat: Yuryevka; incl. Ysyk-Ata) # Ysyk-Ata (seat: Almaluu; incl. Gornaya Serafimovka, Jogorku-Ichke-Suu, Ichke-Suu, Karagay-Bulak, Norus, Tash-Bashat, Toguz-Bulak and Üch-Emchek)

Notable people

Kakish Ryskulova Kakish Ryskulova, in Kyrgyz: Какиш Рыскулова (15 October 1918) - 26 August 2018) was a medical doctor and politician from Kyrgyzstan, who was an Academician of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences. She was the first central Asian and firs ...

- first central asian woman to become a surgeon.

References

External links

Ysyk-Ata District data
at the regional administration web site. {{coord, 42, 53, N, 74, 51, E, type:adm2nd_source:itwiki, display=title Districts of Chüy Region