Murkut
Murkut is a village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Nookat District. Its population was 3,803 in 2021. It was the hometown of Kyrgyz women’s rights activist Urkuya Salieva, and is home to a museum dedicated to her.- Type: Village with 3,010 residents
- Description: village in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan
- Also known as: “Merkit”
- Address: Ноокатский район
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyzyl-Bulak.
Kyzyl-Bulak
Village
Kyzyl-Bulak is a village in the Nookat District of Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 3,576 in 2021. Nearby villages include Besh-Burkan and Akchal. Kyzyl-Bulak is situated 10 km southeast of Murkut.
Murkut
- Category: locality
- Location: Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
40.30201° or 40° 18′ 7″ northLongitude
72.22314° or 72° 13′ 23″ eastPopulation
3,010Elevation
1,044 metres (3,425 feet)Open location code
8JGJ862F+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1962393115OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1527603Wikidata ID
Q12827939
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Uzbek—“Murkut” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Муркут (Ноокатан кӀошт)”
- Chechen: “Муркут”
- Dutch: “Murkut”
- German: “Murkut”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Murkut”
- Kirghiz: “Муркут, Ноокат району”
- Kirghiz: “Муркут”
- Low German: “Murkut”
- Persian: “مورکوت (شهرستان نوکث)”
- Persian: “مورکوت”
- Russian: “Меркит”
- Russian: “Муркут”
- Tajik: “Муркут”
- Turkish: “Murkut”
- Uzbek: “Murkut (Novqat tumani)”
- Uzbek: “Murkut”
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