Sheker

Sheker is a village in the Kara-Buura District of of . Its population was 4,532 in 2021. It is the birthplace of Chinghiz Aitmatov.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: place in Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan
  • Also known as: “Şeker”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kök-Say and Amanbaev.

Village
is a in the of . It is part of the Kara-Buura District. Its population was 4,991 in 2021. is situated 6 km southwest of Sheker.

Village
is a village in the of . 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 of . is situated 8 km northeast of Sheker.

Sheker

Latitude
42.54742° or 42° 32′ 51″ north
Longitude
71.16314° or 71° 9′ 47″ east
Elevation
1,122 metres (3,681 feet)
Open location code
8JJHG5W7+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 485803137
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1527379
Wiki­data 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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