Özgön District

Özgön
Өзгөн району
Uzgen
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionOsh Region
Area
 • Total
3,308 km2 (1,277 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
282,981
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (KGT)

Özgön or Uzgen (Kyrgyz: Өзгөн району) is a district of Osh Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 3,308 square kilometres (1,277 sq mi),[2] and its resident population was 282,981 in 2021.[1] The capital lies at Özgön (Uzgen).[3]

Demographics

As of 2009, Özgön District included 1 town, and 19 villages. Its population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 228,114. Of them, 49,410 people live in urban areas, and 178,704 in rural ones.

Historical populations in Özgön District
YearPop.±% p.a.
1970102,024—    
1979120,980+1.91%
1989151,806+2.30%
1999193,766+2.47%
2009228,114+1.65%
2021282,981+1.81%
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][1]

Ethnic composition

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of the Özgön District (de jure population) was:[2]

Ethnic group Population Proportion of Özgön District population
Kyrgyzs 168,277 73.8%
Uzbeks 50,666 22.2%
Turks 7,210 3.1%
Russians 707 0.3%
Uygurs 595 0.3%
Tatars 254 0.1%
Tadjiks 124 0.1%
other groups 281 0.1%

Towns, rural communities and villages

In total, Özgön District include 1 town and 107 settlements in 19 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Özgön District are:[3][4]

  1. town Özgön
  2. Ak-Jar (seat: Ak-Jar; incl. Kakyr, Semiz-Köl and Bolshevik)
  3. Altyn-Bulak (seat: Altyn-Bulak; incl. Chechebay, Tash-Bashat, Sasyk-Bulak, Kara-Batkak and Kandava)
  4. Bash-Döbö (seat: Kengesh; incl. Jangy-Jol, Kosh-Korgon, Kyzyl-Kyrman and Kashka-Terek)
  5. Changget (seat: Changget; incl. Östürüü)
  6. Deng-Bulak (seat: Bakmal; incl. Babash-Uulu, Böksö-Jol, Jangy-Abat, Deng-Bulak, Kara-Daryya, Michurin, Özgörüsh, Töölös and Chymbay)
  7. Iyri-Suu (seat: Jiyde; incl. Ak-Terek, Janggakty, Kara-Kolot, Kors-Etti, Kyrgyzstan and Orkazgan)
  8. Jalpak-Tash (seat: Kurbu-Tash; incl. Ak-Terek, Karl Marks, Kirov, Kysyk-Alma, Tuz-Bel, Üch-Kaptal, Kara-Taryk, Alcha-Bashat and Boz-Ala)
  9. Jazy (seat: Kara-Dyykan; incl. Kyzyl-Dyykan, Jeerenchi and Jazy)
  10. Jylandy (seat: Jylandy; incl. Kalta, Krasny Mayak, Progress, Yassy and Botomoynok)
  11. Kara-Tash (seat: Iyrek; incl. Korgon, Üngkür, Yntymak and Elchibek)
  12. Karool (seat: Karool; incl. Jan-Shoro, Myrza-Aryk, Orto-Aryk and Sheraly)
  13. Köldük (seat: Shamal-Terek; incl. Chalk-Öydö)
  14. Kurshab (seat: Kurshab; incl. Erdik and Shagym)
  15. Kyzyl-Oktyabr (seat: Staraya Pokrovka; incl. Alga, Besh-Abyshka, Guzar, Kochkor-Ata, Kreml, Kurshab, Kyzyl-Oktyabr, Kyzyl-Senggir and Yntymak)
  16. Kyzyl-Too (seat: Kyzyl-Too; incl. Donguz-Too, Ak-Kyya, Karchabek and Erkin-Too)
  17. Myrza-Ake (seat: Myrza-Ake; incl. Adyr and Babyr)
  18. Salam-Alik (7: center - village: Salam-Alik; and also villages Ak-Terek, Ara-Köl, Kosh-Eter, Kyzyl-Bayrak, Kyzyl-Charba and 15 Jash)
  19. Tört-Köl (seat: Shoro-Bashat; incl. villages Ana-Kyzyl, Boston, Kyymyl and Makarenko)
  20. Zerger (seat: Tosoy; incl. Ayuu, Jangy-Ayyl, Zerger, Kayrat, Kuturgan, Nichke-Say and Toktogul)
Kakyr
Semiz-Köl
Bolshevik
Kengesh
Kosh‑Korgon→
Kyzyl‑Kyrman
Kashka-Terek
Kurbu-
Tash
Ak-Terek
Karl Marks
Kirov
Kysyk-
Alma
Üch-Kaptal
Kara-Taryk
Alcha‑Bashat
Boz-Ala
Kalta
Krasny Mayak
P
Yassy
Botomoynok
Bakmal
Babash-Uulu
Böksö-Jol
JA
DB
Kara-
Daryya
M
Özgörüsh

Töölös
Chymbay
Tosoy
Ayuu
Jangy-Ayyl
Kayrat
Nichke-
Say
Toktogul
Kyzyl‑Dyykan
Jeerenchi
Jazy
Jiyde
Ak-Terek
Janggakty
Kara-Kolot
Kors-Etti
Kyrgyzstan
Orkazgan
Changget
Östürüü
Iyrek
Korgon
Yntymak
Elchibek
Karool
Jan-Shoro
Orto-Aryk
Alga→
Besh-Abyshka
Kochkor-Ata
Kreml
Kurshab
Kyzyl-
Oktyabr
Yntymak
Ak-Kyya
Karchabek
Erdik
Shagym
Adyr
Babyr
Altyn-Bulak
Chechebay
Tash-
Bashat
Kara-Batkak
Kyzyl‑Charba
Ana-Kyzyl
Boston
Kyymyl
Makarenko
Settlements of the .
Abbreviations: DB - Deng-Bulak, JA - Jangy-Abat, M - Michurin, P - Progress.

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ a b c "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 12, 17, 53.
  3. ^ a b "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. Apr 2023. pp. 56–59.
  4. ^ "List of rural communities of Kyrgyzstan". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-14.

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