Jaiyl is a raion

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 Chuy Province

Chuy Province

Chuy Province or Chui Province is the northernmost province of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is bounded on the north by Kazakhstan, and clockwise, Issyk Kul Province, Naryn Province, Jalal-Abad Province and Talas Province...

 in northern 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...

. The capital lies at Kara-Balta

Kara-Balta

Kara-Balta is a city and municipality on the Chu River, in Chuy Province, Kyrgyzstan, the capital of Jaiyl District. It was founded in 1825 under the Kokand Khanate, and received city status in 1975 under the Soviets. Its city population was officially 43,531 in a 2001 census...

. It also administers an exclave in the southwestern heel of Chuy Province (not on map at right).:

Towns, rural communities, and villages

In total, Jaiyl District include 12 rural communities (aiyl okmotus). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Jaiyl District are:

1. Ak-Bashat aiyl okmotu (villages Ak-Bashat, Aidarbek, Aral, Novo-Nikolaevka)
2. Jaiyl aiyl okmotu (villages Jaiyl, Alekseevka)
3. Kara-Suu aiyl okmotu (villages Stavropolovka and Kara-Suu)
4. Krasnovostochnyi aiyl okmotu (villages Kalininskoe, Kaldyk, Kara-Tyube)
5. Kyzyl-Dyikan aiyl okmotu (villages Kyzyl-Dyikan and Petropavlovka)
6. Poltavka aiyl okmotu (villages Poltavka
   Poltavka, Kyrgyzstan
   Poltavka is a village in the Jaiyl District of Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan established by migrants from Poltavshchyna of Ukraine in 1908. It is a center of Poltavka aiyl okmotu . Bishkek - Osh road passes through the settlement. Population is mostly Kyrgyz, Russian, and Ukrainian....
   
   , Rpto-Suu, Maltobar)
7. Sary-Bulak aiyl okmotu (villages Sary-Bulak, Molondor)
8. Sarykoo aiyl okmotu (villages Iyiri-Suu, Eriktuu, Altyn, Fedorovka, Jeken, and Djonaryk)
9. Sosnovka aiyl okmotu (village Sosnovka
   Sosnovka, Kyrgyzstan
   Sosnovka is a village in the Jaiyl District of Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is a center and the only village in Sosnovka aiyl okmotu . Bishkek - Osh road passes through Sosnovka....
   
   )
10. Stepnoe aiyl okmotu (village Stepnoe)
11. Suusamyr aiyl okmotu (villages Suusamyr, Kojomkul, Tunuk, 1-st May, Kyzyl-Oi, and Kaisar)
12. Taldy-Bulak aiyl okmotu (center - village Bokso-Jol
    Bokso-Jol
    Bokso-Jol is a village in the Jaiyl District of Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is a center of Taldybulak aiyl okmotu . Bishkek - Osh road passes through the settlement....
    
    , and also villages Kaiyrma, Bekitay, and area Sorgo)