Kadamjay ( ky, Кадамжай; russian: Кадамжай, earlier also Кадамджай) is a city
[Law 27 September 2012 No. 168 on the transformation of individual urban settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic and relating them to the category of village or city]
/ref> located in Kadamjay District of Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 14,049 in 2021. It is the administrative seat of Kadamjay District. Kadamjay is located between the towns of Aydarken
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(Khaidarkan) (to the west) and Kyzyl-Kyya (to the east), and north of the Uzbek exclave Shohimardon. The river Shohimardonsoy (Kyrgyz: ''Shaymerden'') passes through Kadamjay.
From 1937 until 2006, the town was officially known as "Frunze". The village adjacent to it from the north, now Pülgön
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, was called "Frunzenskoye". In 2012, when Kadamjay was elevated to city status, it absorbed the villages Pülgön, Tash-Kyya and Chal-Tash.[
Kadamjay district is thought to have the second largest ]mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
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- antimony deposit in the world."Primary Mercury Mining"
/ref> Kadamjay Antimony Factory
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is one of the biggest factories in Kyrgyzstan; it is the main employer in the city. Aydarken Mercury Plant, built in 1942, was reported, as of 2005, to produce 300 to 600 metric tons of mercury per year.
"Metallurg Kadamjay
FC Metallurg Kadamjay is a Kyrgyzstani football (soccer) club from Kadamjai. They have won one national championship, in 1996.
Achievements
Kyrgyzstan League: 1
*Winner: 1996
Kyrgyzstan Cup: 1
*Finalist: 1996
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" is the main football club, which was the 1997 champion in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz-Turkish Kadamjay Semetei High School, Kyrgyz High School, 40-years (40-лет) and Babajan Aitmatov are the main schools of Kadamjay.
Population
References
External links
A site about Kadamzhay
Populated places in Batken Region
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