Chüy () is a

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Chüy Region Chüy is the northernmost Regions of Kyrgyzstan, region of Kyrgyzstan, surrounding the country's national capital of Bishkek. It is bounded on the north by Kazakhstan, and clockwise, Issyk-Kul Region, Naryn Region, Jalal-Abad Region, and Talas Re ...

in northern

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

. Its area is , and its resident population was 54,622 in 2021. The district surrounds the city of

Tokmok Tokmok (; ) is a city in the Chüy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan, east of the country's capital of Bishkek, with a population of 71,443 in 2021. Its elevation is 816 m above sea level. From 2003 to 2006, it was the administrative seat of Chüy R ...

, but does not include it. The administrative seat lies at Tokmok.

Geography

Chüy District is located in the eastern part of

Chüy Valley The Chüy Valley (; ; ) is a large valley located in northern Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan, in the northern part of the Tian Shan. It extends from Boom Gorge in the east to Muyunkum Desert in the west. It is long and has an area of about . ...

. Its southern part spreads into

Kyrgyz Ala-Too The Kyrgyz Ala-Too also known as Kyrgyz Alatau, Kyrgyz Range, and Alexander Range (until 1933) is a large range in the northern Tien-Shan. It stretches for a total length of 454 km from the west-end of Issyk-Kul to the town Taraz in Kazakhs ...

mountains. The river Chu (Chüy) and its tributaries

Shamshy Shamshy is a village in Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kochkor District Kochkor () is a district of Naryn Region in northern-central Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central A ...

, Kegeti, etc. dominate the hydrology. There are a number of glaciers feeding tributaries in

such as Shamshy Glacier, Kel-Ter, etc. The climate is continental.

Demographics

As of 2009, Chüy District included 38 villages. Its population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 47,017.

Ethnic composition

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition (de jure population) of the Chüy District was:

Rural communities and villages

In total, Chüy District include 38 settlements in 10 rural communities ('). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Chüy District are: #Ak-Beshim (seat: Ak-Beshim; incl. Jangy-Jol and Kalygul) #Burana (seat: Döng-Aryk; incl.

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, Burana and Meenetkech) # Chüy (seat: Chüy; incl. Aral and Sadovy) #Ibraimov (seat: Koshoy; incl. Kara-Oy, Kyzyl-Asker, Lenin, Lenin-Jol and Taldy-Bulak) #Iskra (seat: Kara-Döbö; incl. Vostochny, Jangy-Turmush, Zheleznodorozhnoye and

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) #Kegeti (seat: Kegeti; incl. Arpa-Tektir, Akmatbek, Sovet and Chapaev) # Kosh-Korgon (seat: Kosh-Korgon) # On Bir-Jylga (seat:

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; incl. Kayyrma, Madaniyat and Onbir-Jylga) # Saylyk (seat: Saylyk; incl. Vinogradnoye and Jangy-Chek) # Shamshy (seat:

; incl. Chong-Jar, Kosh-Kashat and Karagul)

Famous people born in Chüy District

* Ashyraaly Botaliev, born in 1906, opera and drama artist * Djamankul Djenchuraev, born in 1907, Kyrgyz and Soviet writer, border guard * Asankan Djumakmatov, born in 1923, orchestral conductor * Sultan Ibraimov, born in 1927, politician * Kalmyrza Sarpek uulu, born in 1866, akyn

References

External links

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