Issyk Kul District
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Issyk Kul District is a raion
(district) of Issyk Kul Province
in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan
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The capital lies at Cholpon-Ata
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The district is located on the northern shore of Issyk Kul
, which dominates much of the landscape.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
(district) of Issyk Kul Province
Issyk Kul Province
Issyk Kul Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Province, Kazakhstan , Chui Province , Naryn Province and Xinjiang, China ....
in north-eastern 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...
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The capital lies at Cholpon-Ata
Cholpon-Ata
Cholpon-Ata is a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan with a year-round population of about 12,000. It is the administrative center of the Issyk Kul District of Issyk Kul Province; this district occupies most of the lake's north shore...
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The district is located on the northern shore of Issyk Kul
Issyk Kul
Issyk Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Although it is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes; hence its name, which means "hot...
, which dominates much of the landscape.
Towns, rural communities, and villages
In total, Issyk Kul District include 1 town and 12 rural communities (aiyl okmotus). Each rural community may include one or several villages. The rural communities and villages in the Issyk - Kul District are:- townTownA 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...
of district significance Cholpon-AtaCholpon-AtaCholpon-Ata is a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan with a year-round population of about 12,000. It is the administrative center of the Issyk Kul District of Issyk Kul Province; this district occupies most of the lake's north shore... - Anan'yevo aiyl okmotu (center village Anan'yevoAnan'yevoAnan'yevo is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. Located on highway A363 on the north shore of Lake Issyk Kul, the next town to the west is Semyenovka, and to the east, Tyup. It was founded in the 1890s as a Cossack settlement and there is still a significant Russian population....
, and also villages Kek-Debe, and Chet-Baysoorun) - Bosteri aiyl okmotu (center - village BosteriBosteriBosteri is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. The town is entirely devoted to mass tourism.There are soviet-era hotels and sanitoria. To the west along highway A363 is Cholpon-Ata, and to the east, Grigor'evka....
, and also village Baktuu-Dolonotu) - Sadyr Ake aiyl okmotu (cener - village Grigor'yevkaGrigor'yevkaGrigor'yevka is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. Described as a 'pretty village', it is the start to treks up the 32km Chon Ak-Suu canyon. To the west on highway A363 is Bosteri, and to the east, Semyenovka....
, and also village Grigor'yevskaya Pristan') - Kara-Oy aiyl okmotu (center - village Kara-Oy)
- Kum-Bel' aiyl okmotu (center - village KorumdyKorumdyKorumdy is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan....
, and also village Bulan-Segettu) - Semenovka aiyl okmotu (center - village SemenovkaSemënovka, Issyk KulSemënovka is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is the start of an asphalt road that leads up the Chon Ak-soo valley to a ski resort. Nearby are Scythian burial mounds from the 5th-3rd centuries and a dacha built for Leonid Brezhnev . West on highway A363 is Grigor'evka, and...
, and also village Kojoyar) - Tamchy aiyl okmotu (center - village TamchyTamchyTamchy is a village in the Issyk Kul District of the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. The name used to be transcribed into English as Tamchi, and some local road signs have it, surprisingly, as Tamczy....
, and also villages Koshkol', and Chyrpykty) - Abdrakhmanov aiyl okmotu (center - village Jarkynbaevo, and also village Karool-Debe)
- Temirov aiyl okmotu (center - village TemirovkaTemirovkaTemirovka is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan....
, and also village Kashat) - Toru-Aygyr aiyl okmotu (center - village ToraygyrToraygyrToraygyn is a village in Issyk Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan....
, and also villages Kyzyl-Oruk, and Sary-Kamysh) - Oryukty aiyl okmotu (center - village Chong-UryuktyChong-UryuktyChong-Uryukty is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan....
, and also villages Orto-Uryuktu, and Oryuktu Khutor) - Chong Sary Oy aiyl okmotu (center - village chon-Sary-OyChon-Sary-OyChon-Sary-Oy is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan....
, and also villages Baetovka, Ornek, Sary-Oy, and ChoktalChoktalChoktal is a village in the Issyk Kul District of the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Issyk Kul between Tamchy and Cholpon Ata....
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