Issyk-Kul region

	Region of the Kyrgyz Republic
	Issyk-Kul region; Kirgh. Ysyk-Kul oblus
Flag	Emblem
Administrative center	Karakol
Square
- Total; -% aq. pov.	43 100 km²; 14.5
Population
- Total; - density	489,800 ( 2019 ); 10.8 / km²
Official language	Kyrgyz , Russian
Plenipotentiary representative of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in Issyk-Kul region	Osmonaliev Akylbek Sharipovich
ISO 3166-2 Code	KG-Y
Timezone	UTC +6
Car code	I, 09

Issyk-Kul Oblast ( Kyrgyz. Issyk-Kul Oblus ) is the easternmost region of Kyrgyzstan . The administrative center is the city of Karakol .

The region takes its name from Lake Issyk-Kul (“warm lake” ^[1] ), the second largest salt lake in the world, which never freezes, despite its height in the Tien Shan mountains .

It is surrounded by Almaty oblast , Kazakhstan (north), Chui oblast (west), Naryn oblast (southwest) and Xinjiang , China (southeast).

Content

Geography

Issyk-Kul Lake at sunset

Ala-Kul Lake in the Teskey Ala-Too Mountains

In the north, the eye-shaped lake Issyk-Kul is surrounded by ridges of the Tien Shan mountain system: the Küngöy Ala-Too mountains in the north and Teskey Ala-Too in the south (“sunny” and “shady” Ala-Too, respectively).

In the south are mountains and 'jailoo' (mountain meadows used for summer grazing). The highest peaks of the Tien Shan mountains , including Khan Tengri , are located in the easternmost part of the region.

Most of the region’s population lives around the lake, in particular, in the cities of Balykchi (at the western end of the lake) and Karakol (at its eastern end).

Key Socio-Economic Indicators

Population: 463,900 people (estimate as of January 1, 2015), including 130,800 urban and 333,100 rural residents ^[2]
Employed population: 180,300 (2008) ^[3]
Registered unemployed: 4,902 (2008) ^[4]
Export: $ 18.8 million (2008) ^[5]
Import: US $ 221.7 million (2008) ^[5]
Foreign direct investment: 1.1 million US dollars (in 2008) ^[6]

Population

As of 2009, the Issyk-Kul region included 3 cities, 5 urban-type settlements and 175 villages. Its current and resident population, according to the 2009 census of the population and housing fund, was 425,116 people and 438,389 people, respectively.

National composition

After the mass emigration of the Russian-speaking population in the early 1990s, the ethnic composition of the region became much more homogeneous than in the neighboring Chui oblast, but it is still quite diverse, especially if we take into account the geographical concentration of various ethnic-speaking minorities.

Despite the fact that there is a general tendency to increase the share of Asian peoples and a decrease in European ones, most of the Russian and Russian-speaking population is now concentrated on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul , as well as in the city of Karakol (formerly Przhevalsk ) and its environs.

According to the 2009 census, the ethnic composition (de jure population) of the Issyk-Kul region ^[7] :

The ethnic composition of the population of the region: ^[8] ^[9]
Ethnos	Number in 1989	%	Number in 1999	%	Number in 2009	%
Total	403 917	100.00%	413,149	100.00%	438 389	100.00%
Kyrgyz	273,257	67.65%	328 278	79.46%	377,994	86.22%
Russians	92 615	22.93%	54 351	13.16%	35,275	8.05%
Kazakhs	6,433	1.59%	6 979	1.69%	6,464	1.47%
Uighurs	3 730	0.92%	3 969	0.96%	3 897	0.89%
Kalmyks ( sart Kalmyks )	4 593	1.14%	5,314	1.29%	3,801	0.87%
Dungane	2,686	0.66%	2 948	0.71%	3 124	0.71%
Uzbeks	3,756	0.93%	3,459	0.84%	2 982	0.68%
Tatars	4 013	0.99%	2 785	0.67%	2 098	0.48%
Ukrainians	7,366	1.82%	2,772	0.67%	1,170	0.27%
other	5,468	1.15%	2,294	0.56%	1,584	0.37%

Administrative division

5 areas:

Ak-Suy district - with. Teploklyuchenka
Jeti-Oguz district - with. Kyzyl-Suu
Ton district - with. Bokonbaevo
Tyupsky district - with. Tup
Issyk-Kul District - Cholpon-Ata

2 cities of regional subordination:

Karakol city
Balykchi city

Famous People

Abdrakhmatov, Kanatbek Ermekovich (b. 1953 p. Kaji-Sai) - National Institute of Seismology of the Kyrgyz Republic, full member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, doctor of sciences, professor.
Ilyasov Satar Ilyasovich (1908-1987) - doctor of historical sciences, professor, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of science and technology, Soviet historian, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR
Sayakbai Karalaev - manaschi (performer of the epic " Manas "), People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Atabekov, Kaba - Manaschy (performer of the epic " Manas "), People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Akhunbaev, Isa Konoevich (1908-1975) - an outstanding surgeon and public figure.
Mamakeev Mambet Mamakeevich - an outstanding Kyrgyz surgeon and public figure, director of the National Surgical Center of the Kyrgyz Republic, full member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor.
Minzhilkiev, Bulat Abdullaevich (1940-1997) - opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR (1976).
Okeev Tolomush Okeevich (1935-2001) - film director , People's Artist of the USSR ( 1985 ).
Umetov, Dzhumabay (1933-1995) - People's Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR. Laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz SSR named after Toktogul.
Yumatova, Anna Tikhonovna - Hero of Socialist Labor .
Uturov Zhamangul Uturovich (1927-1991) - People's teacher of the USSR, Honored teacher of the Kyrgyz SSR.
Tursumbekova Aziza - Ballerina, Master of Sports
Akmatov Tashtanbek - Twice Hero of Socialist Labor, Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR
Mambetov Bolot - statesman, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kyrgyz SSR
Abdrakhmanov Zhusup (1903-1938) - an outstanding statesman and party leader, chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1927-1933)
Abdurazakov Ishenbai - ex-Secretary of State of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic
Omuraliev Esengul Kasymovich - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic
Imanaliev Muratbek Sansyzbaevich - former SCO Secretary General, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic
Saadanbekov Zhumagul - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic
Mar Tashimovich Baijiev - Kyrgyz and Soviet prose writer, publicist, playwright, journalist, film and theater director, literary critic, translator. Honored Art Worker of the Kyrgyz SSR.
Temirov Marat Satievich - (1943-1998) Admiral of the Kyrgyz Republic
Usup Mukambaev (1948-2007) - Honored Chekist of the KSSR, General of the KGB, Minister of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic, Speaker of the LC ZhKKR.
Alamanov Salamat Kulembekovich - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic, President of the Kyrgyz Geographical Society, Head of the Department of Geography of the NAS of the Kyrgyz Republic
Estebesov Moldokmat Kamalovich (1947-2016) - Soviet and party statesman, deputy of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR, former First Secretary of the Tyup District Committee of the Communist Party of the Kyrgyz SSR

Notes

↑ Abolin R.I. From the desert steppes of Balkhash to the snowy peaks of Khantengri. Geobotanical and soil description of the southern part of the Almaty district of the Kazak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. - Directmedia, 2013.
↑ Population of regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2015 (neopr.) . National Statistical Committee. Date of treatment December 5, 2015.
↑ National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived on November 14, 2010.
↑ National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived on November 14, 2010.
↑ ¹ ² National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived July 22, 2011.
↑ National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived July 22, 2011.
↑ 2009 population census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Issyk-Kul Region (neopr.) (Link unavailable) . Date of treatment January 4, 2017. Archived on August 10, 2011.
↑ Population Census of Kyrgyzstan 2009. Issyk-Kul Oblast (Neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . Archived on August 10, 2011.
↑ Population of Kyrgyzstan

Links

Information portal of the Issyk-Kul Regional State Administration (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Archived October 13, 2013.

[1] Abolin R.I. From the desert steppes of Balkhash to the snowy peaks of Khantengri. Geobotanical and soil description of the southern part of the Almaty district of the Kazak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. - Directmedia, 2013.

[2] Population of regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2015 (neopr.) . National Statistical Committee. Date of treatment December 5, 2015.

[3] National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived on November 14, 2010.

[4] National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived on November 14, 2010.

[stat.kg-5] ¹ ² National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived July 22, 2011.

[6] National Statistical Committee (in Kyrgyz / Russian) (Neopr.) . Archived July 22, 2011.

[stat-7] 2009 population census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Issyk-Kul Region (neopr.) (Link unavailable) . Date of treatment January 4, 2017. Archived on August 10, 2011.

[Этно2009.Иссык-Куль-8] Population Census of Kyrgyzstan 2009. Issyk-Kul Oblast (Neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . Archived on August 10, 2011.

[9] Population of Kyrgyzstan