Kosh-Köl (; or Кош-Коль) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

Issyk-Kul Region Issyk-Kul (, ) is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kazakhstan to the north, Chüy Region to the west, Naryn Region to the southwest, and Xinjiang, China to the southeast. It takes ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

. The village name has also been transliterated as Kosh-Kël' or Kosh-Kel'. It is part of the

Issyk-Kul District Issyk-Kul District (, ''Isıq-Köl rayonu'', ىسىق-كۅل رايونۇ; , ''Issyk-kul'skij raion'') is a Districts of Kyrgyzstan, district of Issyk-Kul Region in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. The seat lies at Cholpon-Ata. Its area is , and its resi ...

. Its population was 588 in 2021. It is located near the northern shore of Lake

Issyk Kul Issyk-Kul () or Ysyk-Köl (, ; ) is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tianshan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan, just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleve ...

between

Balykchy Balykchy () 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 transport centre (wo ...

and Cholpon-Ata. The village includes two built-up areas. First, the actual residential village, located along the

- Cholpon-Ata- Karakol highway, as it cuts across the base of a Koshkol promontory jutting into Lake Issyk Kul; this section is within a couple kilometers away from the lake shore. Second, the name Koshkol' is also applied to the resort strip to the south of the village, on the south-eastern shore of the peninsula. Most of the resort buildings there are decidedly Soviet-era; as of 2007, some of them appeared abandoned, while others received visitors.

Gallery

Image:E8312-Kosh-Kol-beachgoing-sheep.jpg, Sheep enjoying beach facilities Image:E8318-Koshykol-Akjol-pleasure-pier.jpg, Ak Jol pleasure pier Image:E8325-Koshkol-lifeguard-station.jpg, Lifeguard station Image:E8304-Kosh-Kol-sea-buckthorn.jpg, Sea buckthorn

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Populated places in Issyk-Kul Region {{IssykKul-geo-stub