Ysyk-Ata District

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
District
The new mosque in Pervomayskoe village
Coat of arms
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
Main article: Kant (air base)

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

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

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

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

Ethnic groupPopulationProportion of Kemin District population
Kyrgyzs62,62047.2%
Russians28,00021.1%
Dungans19,22314.5%
Turks4,6993.5%
Uygurs4,0913.1%
Azerbaijanis3,4862.6%
Germans1,5241.1%
Ukrainians1,3431.0%
Kazakhs1,3171.0%
Tatars1,0780.8%
Balkars6110.5%
Koreans5880.4%
Tadjiks3830.3%
Kurds3490.3%
Karachays1820.1%
Bulgars1080.1%
other groups9500.7%

Populated places

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

References
  1. "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. "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
  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

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