Leylek District
Leylek
Лейлек району | |
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Country | Kyrgyzstan |
Region | Batken |
Capital | Razzaqov |
Area | |
• Total | 4,653 km2 (1,797 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 146,020 |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 6 |
Leylek District (Kyrgyz: Лейлек району, romanized: Leilek raionu) is a district of Batken Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan.[1] It borders with Batken District in the east, and Tajikistan in the south, west, and north. Its area is 4,653 square kilometres (1,797 sq mi),[2] and its resident population was 146,020 in 2021.[3] The administrative seat lies at Razzaqov.[1]
Geography
[edit]Leylek District is located between the northern slopes of the Turkestan Range and the Ferghana Valley. It contains the lowest point of Kyrgyzstan: 401 meters above sea level.[4]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1970 | 40,280 | — |
1979 | 51,615 | 2.79% |
1989 | 74,531 | 3.74% |
1999 | 100,285 | 3.01% |
2009 | 116,861 | 1.54% |
2021 | 146,020 | 1.87% |
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][3] |
Towns, rural communities and villages
[edit]In total, Leylek District includes 1 town and 47 villages in 1 town and 9 rural communities (ayyl aymagy).[1] The rural communities and settlements in the Leylek District are:[5]
- town of district significance Razzaqov (including 6 villages: Golbo, Samat, Chimgen, Taylan, Ak-Bosogo and Ak-Bulak)
- Ak-Suu (seat: Ak-Suu; and also villages Alga, Jengish, Suu-Bashy and Jezken)
- Beshkent (seat: Beshkent; incl. Karl Marks, Kayragach, SSSRdin 50 jyldygy and Eski-Oochu)
- Jangy-Jer (seat: Tsentralnoye; incl. Arka and Dostuk)
- Katrang (seat: Katrang; incl. Jangy-Turmush and Özgörüsh)
- Kulundu (seat: Kulundu; incl. Bulak-Bashy, Internatsional'noye, Kommunizm, Lenin and Maksat)
- Leylek (seat: Korgon; incl. Kara-Suu, Leylek, Chuyanchy and Ak-Terek)
- Muras (seat: Muras; incl. Uch-Bulak, Jetty-Tash and Kerege-Tash)
- Sumbula (seat: Andarak; incl. Iskra, Kök-Tash and Sary-Dobo)
- Toguz-Bulak (seat: Toguz-Bulak; and also villages Ay-Kol, Kara-Bulak, Madaniyat, Kyrgyzstandyn 50 jyldygy and Chapaev)
Note: Sülüktü is a town of regional significance of Batken Region, and is not part of the Leylek District.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 40–42.
- ^ a b "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 14, 17.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Лейлек району" [Leylek District] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 461.
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