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Kochkor

Kyrgyz: Кочкор
Kochkor Kyrgyz: Кочкор
	Kochkor
	Coordinates: 42°12′57″N 75°45′20″E / 42.21583°N 75.75556°E
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Naryn Region
District	Kochkor District
Stolypino	1909
Elevation	1,767 m (5,797 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	11,373
Time zone	UTC+6

Kochkor (Kyrgyz: Кочкор; Russian: Кочкорка, romanized: Kochkorka) is a large village in northern Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is the administrative centre of Kochkor District.^[1] The village was established in 1909 as Stolypino and renamed to Kochkor in 1917.^[2] Altitude 1,800 m. Its population was 11,373 in 2021.^[3] It is on the main A365 highway from Torugart Pass (China) north to Bishkek. About 7 km west A367 branches west toward Jalal-Abad Region and the Ferghana Valley. About 25 km northeast along the highway is the Orto-Tokoy reservoir and about 45 km northeast is Balykchy on Lake Issyk-Kul. The village is a base for excursions into the high country and tourist infrastructure is fairly well developed. There is a regional museum.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2009	9,863	—
2021	11,373	+1.19%
Note: resident population; Sources:^[3]^[4]

Notable people

Turdakun Usubalijev, Soviet-era Kyrgyz politician and secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan.

References

^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 36–37.
^ Иссык-Куль. Нарын:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Issyk-Kul and Naryn Oblasts] (in Russian). Bishkek: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1991. p. 512. ISBN 5-89750-009-6.
^ ^a ^b "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.
^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Naryn Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 175.

External links

Kochkor travel guide from Wikivoyage

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[class-1] "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 36–37.

[encyc-2] Иссык-Куль. Нарын:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Issyk-Kul and Naryn Oblasts] (in Russian). Bishkek: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1991. p. 512. ISBN 5-89750-009-6.

[pop21-3] "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.

[census09-4] "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Naryn Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 175.

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