Ysyk-Ata District (Kyrgyz: Ысык-Ата району, Russian: Ысык–Атинский район) is one of the eight districts of the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan with an area of 2,415 square kilometres (932 sq mi).[2] The district's resident population was 154,340 in 2021.[1] Since 1998, when the former Kant District was merged into Ysyk-Ata District, the administrative center of the district is the city of Kant.[3] The district is located on the southern side of the river Chüy, about halfway between the national capital Bishkek and the former regional capital Tokmok.

Ysyk-Ata
Ысык-Ата району
The new mosque in Pervomayskoe village
The new mosque in Pervomayskoe village
Coat of arms of Ysyk-Ata
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionChüy Region
Area
 • Total2,415 km2 (932 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total154,340
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6
Water flow gates on an irrigation canal near Milyanfan village

Air force base and school edit

In 1941, a Soviet Air Force base and pilot training school were set up in the district. During World War II, 1507 military pilots were trained there. Since 1956, the school trained foreign pilots; among its graduates were both the ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and the late Syrian president Hafez Assad.

In 1992, the air base was transferred to Kyrgyzstan authorities; since 2003 it hosts Russian Air Force units.[4]

Water erosion edit

The district authorities, as well as the residents of the riverside village of Milyanfan (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.[5]

Demographics edit

As of 2009, Ysyk-Ata District included 1 town, and 58 villages in 18 rural communities (ayyl aymagy).[6] 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.

Historical populations in Ysyk-Ata District
YearPop.±%
197099,706—    
1979109,975+10.3%
1989127,512+15.9%
1999124,983−2.0%
2009132,759+6.2%
2021154,340+16.3%
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][1]

Ethnic composition edit

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of Ysyk-Ata District (de jure population) was:[2]

Ethnic group Population Proportion of Kemin District population
Kyrgyzs 62,620 47.2%
Russians 28,000 21.1%
Dungans 19,223 14.5%
Turks 4,699 3.5%
Uygurs 4,091 3.1%
Azerbaijanis 3,486 2.6%
Germans 1,524 1.1%
Ukrainians 1,343 1.0%
Kazakhs 1,317 1.0%
Tatars 1,078 0.8%
Balkars 611 0.5%
Koreans 588 0.4%
Tadjiks 383 0.3%
Kurds 349 0.3%
Karachays 182 0.1%
Bulgars 108 0.1%
other groups 950 0.7%

Populated places edit

In total, Ysyk-Ata District includes 1 town and 56 settlements in 18 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in Ysyk-Ata District are:[7][8]

  1. city Kant
  2. Ak-Kuduk (seat: Kirov; incl. Ak-Kuduk, Kotovsky, Birinchi May and Khun Chi (partly[9]))
  3. Birdik (seat: Birdik; incl. Khun Chi (partly[10]))
  4. Internatsional (seat: Internatsional; incl. Jar-Bashy)
  5. Ivanovka (seat: Ivanovka)
  6. Jeek (seat: Dmitriyevka; incl. Gagarin and Jeek)
  7. Keng-Bulung (seat: Keng-Bulung; incl. Gidrostroitel, Druzhba and Cholpon)
  8. Kochkorbaev (seat: Kengesh; incl. Budennovka and Dokturbek Kurmanaliev)
  9. Krasnaya Rechka (seat: Krasnaya Rechka)
  10. Logvinenko (seat: Novopokrovka (partly[11]); incl. Chong-Daly)
  11. Lyuksemburg (seat: Lyuksemburg; incl. Kirshelk)
  12. Milyanfan (seat: Milyanfan)
  13. Novopokrovka (seat: Novopokrovka (partly[12]); incl. Lenin and Sary-Jon)
  14. Nurmanbet (seat: Nurmanbet; incl. Birinchi May and Aliaskar Toktonaliev)
  15. Syn-Tash (seat: Telman; incl. Ak-Say, Jetigen, Kyzyl-Aryk, Ötögön, Rot-Front, Sovet and Syn-Tash)
  16. Tuz (seat: Tuz; incl. Dayyrbek, Jayalma and Tömönkü Serafimovka)
  17. Uzun-Kyr (seat: Jer-Kazar; incl. Druzhba and Tömönkü Norus)
  18. Yuryevka (seat: Yuryevka; incl. Ysyk-Ata)
  19. Ysyk-Ata (seat: Almaluu; incl. Gornaya Serafimovka, Jogorku-Ichke-Suu, Ichke-Suu, Karagay-Bulak, Norus, Tash-Bashat, Toguz-Bulak and Üch-Emchek)
 
 
Kirovskoye
 
Ak-Kuduk
 
Kotovsky
 
Birinchi May
 
Khun Chi
 
Khun Chi
 
Nurmanbet
 
Birinchi May
 
Aliaskar Toktonaliev
 
Gagarin
 
Jeek
 
Druzhba
 
Cholpon
 
Internatsionalnoye
 
Jar-Bashy
 
Almaluu
 
Gornaya Serafimovka
 

Jogorku-Ichke-Suu
 
←Ichke-Suu
 
Norus
 
Tash-Bashat
 
Toguz-Bulak
 
Üch-Emchek
 
Chong-Daly
 
Budennovka
 
Dokturbek Kurmanaliev
 
Kirshelk
 
Jetigen
 
Sovet
 
Lenin
 
Sary-Jon
 
Ysyk-Ata
 
Tuz
 
Dayyrbek
 
Jayalma
 
Tömönkü Serafimovka
 
Druzhba
Settlements of the Ysyk-Ata District

Notable people edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Chüy Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 13, 16, 59.
  3. ^ Law 30 September 1998 No. 128
  4. ^ Санкт-Петербург взял шефство над российской авиационной базой в городе Кант (Киргизская Республика)
  5. ^ Ползущая Чу. Территория Кыргызстана уменьшается с каждым годом ("The creeping Chui. The land of Kyrgyzstan shrinks every year") Вечерний Бишкек (Vecherniy Bishkek), No. 247, 2004-Dec-31.
  6. ^ "List of Rural Communities of Kyrgyzstan". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  7. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 69–72.
  8. ^ "Rural districts". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  9. ^ partly https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=42.97749___N_74.87035___E
  10. ^ partly https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=42.95841___N_74.89740___E
  11. ^ partly https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=42.8784___N_74.7684___E
  12. ^ partly https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=42.87164___N_74.72559___E

External links edit

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