Sheker
Sheker is a village in the Kara-Buura District of Talas Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 4,532 in 2021. It is the birthplace of Chinghiz Aitmatov.- Type: Village
- Description: place in Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan
- Also known as: “Şeker”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kök-Say and Amanbaev.
Kök-Say
Village
Kök-Say is a village in the Talas Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kara-Buura District. Its population was 4,991 in 2021. Kök-Say is situated 6 km southwest of Sheker.
Amanbaev
Village
Amanbaev is a village in the Talas Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kara-Buura District. Its population was 6,635 in 2021. It is located on the country north-west border with the Jambyl Region of Kazakhstan. Amanbaev is situated 8 km northeast of Sheker.
Sheker
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.54742° or 42° 32′ 51″ northLongitude
71.16314° or 71° 9′ 47″ eastElevation
1,122 metres (3,681 feet)Open location code
8JJHG5W7+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 485803137OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1527379Wikidata ID
Q2600970
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Sheker” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շեկեր”
- Azerbaijani: “Şəkər”
- Belarusian: “Шэкер”
- Catalan: “Sheker”
- Chechen: “Шекер”
- Chinese: “謝卡爾”
- Czech: “Šeker”
- Dutch: “Sheker”
- Georgian: “შექერი”
- German: “Scheker”
- Hebrew: “שקר”
- Hungarian: “Seker”
- Irish: “Sheker”
- Italian: “Šeker”
- Kazakh: “Шекер (айыл)”
- Kazakh: “Шекер”
- Kirghiz: “Sheker”
- Kirghiz: “Шекер, айыл”
- Kirghiz: “Шекер, Кара-Буура району”
- Kirghiz: “Шекер”
- Luxembourgish: “Scheker”
- Luxembourgish: “Sheker”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Sheker”
- Persian: “شکر (شهرستان قرهبوره)”
- Persian: “شکر”
- Russian: “Шекер”
- Spanish: “Sheker”
- Tatar: “Шәкәр”
- Tatar: “Шекер”
- Turkish: “Şeker”
- Uzbek: “Shakar”
- Uzbek: “Шакар”
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