Gul'cha
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Gulcha is a mountain town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in the Osh Province
Osh Province
Osh Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh. It is bounded by Jalal-Abad Province, Naryn Province, Xinjiang, China, Tajikistan, Batken Province and Uzbekistan.-Geography:...

 of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

. It is the capital of Alay District
Alay District
Alay is a raion of Osh Province in south-western Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at Gul'cha.. The Alay District borders with China in the east, Tajikistan in the south, Chong-Alay District in the west, Nookat District in the north-west, Kara-Suu District and Uzgen District in the north, and...

. The M41
Pamir Highway
The M41, known informally and more commonly as the Pamir Highway is a road traversing the Pamir Mountains through Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia...

 highway leading south from Osh
Osh
Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". The city is at least 3,000 years old, and has served as the administrative center of Osh Province since 1939...

 to the Alay Valley
Alay Valley
The Alay Valley is a broad, dry valley running east-west across most of southern Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan. . It is about 180km east-west and about 40km north-south and 2500-3500m in altitude. The north side is the Alay Mountains which slope down to the Ferghana Valley...

 and eastern Tajikistan passes through Gulcha. The 2402m Chyrchyk Pass separates Gulcha from Osh, and the 3615m Taldyk Pass
Taldyk Pass
Taldyk Pass is an all year round pass in the Alay Mountains of the Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan. The road from Osh to Khorog was built through the pass in 1930-1932. There is a monument to the memory of the construction manager Yuri M.Grushko located at the pass....

 separates Gulcha from Sary-Tash
Sary-Tash
Sary-Tash is a minor village and major crossroads in the Alay Valley of Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan. Nearby towns and villages to the north include Akbosaga , Shumkar and Chagyr ....

 in the Alay Valley. Gulcha is situated in a broad valley at the confluence of three rivers, forming the river Kurshab
Kurshab River
The Kurshab flows into Andijan Reservoir in Kyrgyzstan. The river is formed at the north slope of the Fergana Range. There are several settlements located near Kurshab river: Gulcha, Kyzyl-Korgon, Sopu-Korgon....

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