Alay District
Alay
Kyrgyz: Алай району | |
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![]() The Pamirs with Lenin Peak from Sary-Tash | |
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Country | Kyrgyzstan |
Region | Osh Region |
Area | |
• Total | 6,821 km2 (2,634 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 87,398 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 |
Alay (Kyrgyz: Алай району, romanized: Alay rayonu) is a district of Osh Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at Gülchö.[2] The Alay District borders with China in the east, Tajikistan in the south, Chong-Alay District in the west, Nookat District in the north-west, Kara-Suu District and Özgön District in the north, and Kara-Kulja District in the north-east. Its area is 6,821 square kilometres (2,634 sq mi),[3] and its resident population was 87,398 in 2021.[1]
Demographics
According to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, the resident population of Alay District was 72,170. 1,427 people lived in urban areas, and 70,743 in rural ones.[3] According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of the Alay District (de jure population) was 99.6% Kyrgyz and 0.4% other groups.[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1970 | 31,861 | — |
1979 | 40,253 | +2.63% |
1989 | 52,029 | +2.60% |
1999 | 65,822 | +2.38% |
2009 | 72,170 | +0.92% |
2021 | 87,398 | +1.61% |
Note: resident population; Sources:[3][1] |
Rural communities and villages
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Gulcha_river_valley.jpg/220px-Gulcha_river_valley.jpg)
In total Alay District include 65 settlements in 14 rural communities (ayyl aymagy).[4][5][2] Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities in Alay District are:[2][6]
- K. Belekbaev (seat: Sopu-Korgon; incl. Askaly, Jerge-Tal, Kolduk, Targalak, Terek and Chiy-Talaa)
- Budalyk (seat: Kara-Suu; incl. Kaynama, Tamga-Terek, Kum-Shoro, Oktyabr and Oro-Döbö)
- Bülölü (seat: Koshulush; incl. Kichi-Bülölü, Köl-Chaty and Chong-Bülölü)
- Gülchö (seat: Gülchö; incl. Kara-Bulak, Jyly-Suu, Tash-Koroo, Chakmak and Kurmanjan Datka)
- Jangy-Alay (seat: Jangy-Alay; incl. Jangy-Aryk)
- Josholu (seat: Jangy-Turmush; incl. Ayuu-Tapan, Kommunizm, Lenin-Jol, Miyazdy, Orto-Suu, Osoaviakhim and Kara-Toktu)
- Kabylan-Kol (seat: Kabylan-Kol; incl. Künggöy, Kara-Jygach and Kurulush)
- Kongur-Döbö (seat: Boz-Karagan; incl. Jar-Kyshtak, Kara-Shoro, Arpa-Tektir and Kyzyl-Oy)
- Korul (seat: Toguz-Bulak; incl. Keng-Jylga, Birinchi May and Aral)
- Lenin (seat: Sogondu; incl. Gagarin, Kün-Elek and Murdash)
- Sary-Mogol (seat: Sary-Mogol)
- Sary-Tash (seat: Sary-Tash; incl. Kök-Suu and Nura)
- Taldy-Suu (seat: Taldy-Suu; incl. Archa-Bulak, Kök-Bulak, Kurgak and Sary-Mogol)
- Üch-Döbö (seat: Kichi-Karakol; incl. Ak-Bosogo, Ak-Jay, Gejige, Kyzyl-Alay and Chong-Karakol)
![Alay District is located in Kyrgyzstan Osh Region Alay District](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/KG-Osh-Alay.svg/650px-KG-Osh-Alay.svg.png)
![Kolduk](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Targalak](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kara-Suu](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Kaynama](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![TT](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Oro- Döbö](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
Döbö
![↑ Koshulush](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Koshulush
![Kara- Bulak](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
Bulak
![Tash-Koroo](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Chakmak](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![KD](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![K](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![LJ](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Miyazdy](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Orto-Suu](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![OA](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kara-Toktu](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![JK](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kyzyl-Oy](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kabylan- Kol](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Kol
![Künggöy](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kara-Jygach](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kurulush](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Birinchi May](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Aral](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Gagarin](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kün-Elek](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Murdash](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Taldy- Suu](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Suu
![Archa-Bulak](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kök- Bulak](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
Bulak
![Kurgak](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Alay District](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Ak-Jay](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Jangy-Alay](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Jangy-Aryk](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
![Kök-Suu](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png)
Abbreviations: AT - Arpa-Tektir, JK - Jar-Kyshtak, JT - Jangy-Turmush, K - Kommunizm, KD - Kurmanjan Datka, KS - Kara-Shoro, LJ - Lenin-Jol, OA - Osoaviakhim, TT - Tamga-Terek.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. April 2023. pp. 44–52.
- ^ a b c d "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, 52.
- ^ "State Administration of Osh Region: Alay District (in Russian)". Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ 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
- ^ "List of Rural Communities of Kyrgyzstan". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-01-22.