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Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan

Issyk-Kul is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is . It is surrounded by , to the north, to the west, to the southwest, and , to the southeast.
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is a lake in . The name refers both to the lake and the oblast containing the lake. The region is centered around the massive lake, which is the second largest alpine lake in the world.

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, formerly Przhevalsk, is the fourth-largest city in , near the eastern tip of Lake , about 150 kilometres from the Kyrgyzstan–China border and 380 kilometres from the capital .

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is a city of 51,000 people at . It was the center of the lake's fishing fleet, but has suffered a major decline since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It now only on the path to the tourist sites of the lake, but largely by-passed.

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is a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in with a population of 14,237. It is the administrative center of the of Issyk-Kul Region; this district occupies most of the lake's north shore.

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The District is a raion in Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. The capital of the district is which is covered in a separate article.

is a district of Isxsyk-Kul Region in eastern . The administrative center lies at the village . Its area is 9,917 square kilometres, and its resident population was 69,439 in 2021.

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is a district of Issyk-Kul Region in north-eastern . Its seat lies at . Its area is 14,499 square kilometres, and its resident population was 93,392 in 2021. It comprises much of the eastern end of the Terskey Ala-Too Range.

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Bökönbai is a village in the Issyk-Kul Region of . The village is named in honor of the well-known poet and playwright Joomart Bökönbayev. It is the seat of the and of the Kün-Chygysh village community.

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Kajy-Say is a village in in Issyk-Kul Region of . It was established in regard with development of Segety deposit of brown coal in 1947. Its population was 4,612 in 2021. Until 2012 it was an urban-type settlement.

Jyrgalang is a village in the of Issyk-Kul Region of . It is located at the right bank of the river Jyrgalang. It was established in 1964 to support operation of a coal mine .

lies in the middle part of the south shore of Lake, 1 km from the beach with red sand.

Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan

Latitude of center
42° north
Longitude of center
78° east
Population
538,000
Elevation
3,885 metres (12,746 feet)
IATA airport code
IKU
Geo­Names ID
1528260
Wiki­data ID
Q487413
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Issyk Kul”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ايسيك كول”
  • Arabic: “منطقة إيسيق كول”
  • Arabic: “منطقة إيسيك كول”
  • Armenian: “Իսիկ Կուլի մարզ”
  • Armenian: “Իսիք Քուլի մարզ”
  • Azerbaijani: “İsıkgöl vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Ыҫыҡкүл өлкәһе”
  • Bashkir: “Эҫеккүл өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Issyk-Kul eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Ісык-Кульская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Ісык-Кульская вобласьць”
  • Bengali: “ইসিক কুল অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Исъккулска област”
  • Catalan: “Província d’Issik Kul”
  • Cebuano: “Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Иссык-Кулан область”
  • Chinese: “伊塞克湖州”
  • Croatian: “Isjakulska oblast”
  • Czech: “Issykkulská oblast”
  • Danish: “Issyk-Kul Region”
  • Dutch: “Issyk-Kul”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Issyk-Kul”
  • Dutch: “Ysykköl”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Isik-Köl”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Isik-Köl”
  • Estonian: “Issõk-Kuli oblast”
  • Estonian: “Õsõk-Köli oblast”
  • Estonian: “Õsõkköli oblast”
  • Finnish: “Issyk-Kulin alue”
  • Finnish: “Yssyk-Kölin alue”
  • French: “Issyk-Koul”
  • French: “Oblast de Ysyk Köl”
  • French: “Province d’Yssykköl”
  • French: “Yssyk-Köl”
  • French: “Yssykköl”
  • French: “Ysyk Kol”
  • French: “Ysyk Köl”
  • French: “Ysyk-Köl”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Isiq-Köl”
  • Georgian: “ისიკ-ყულის ოლქი”
  • Georgian: “ისიქ-ქოლის ოლქი”
  • German: “Gebiet Yssykköl”
  • German: “KG-Y”
  • German: “Oblus Yssyk-Köl”
  • German: “Oblus Yssykköl”
  • German: “Yssyk Köl”
  • Greek: “Ισσούκ-Κούλ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ισσύκ-Κουλ”
  • Gujarati: “ઇસિક-કુલ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hindi: “इसिक कुल प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “इसिक कुल प्रान्त”
  • Ido: “Provinco Isik-Köl”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Issyk Kul”
  • Italian: “provincia di Ysykköl”
  • Italian: “Regione di Ysyk-Köl”
  • Japanese: “イシク・クル州”
  • Kannada: “ಇಸ್ಸಿಕ್-ಕುಲ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Issiq-ko’l wa’layati”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Íssıkól wálayatı”
  • Kazakh: “Istıqköl oblısı”
  • Kazakh: “Ыстықкөл облысы”
  • Kazakh: “ىستىقكول وبلىسى”
  • Kirghiz: “Ysyk-Köl Oblasty”
  • Kirghiz: “Ysyk-Köl Oblusu”
  • Kirghiz: “Ysyk-Köl”
  • Kirghiz: “Ысык-Көл областы”
  • Kirghiz: “Ысык-Көл облусу”
  • Kirghiz: “Ысык-Көл Облусу”
  • Kirghiz: “Ысык-Көл”
  • Korean: “이식쿨주”
  • Latvian: “Isikula apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Isyk Kulio sritis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oblus Yssyk-Köl”
  • Luxembourgish: “Oblus Yssykköl”
  • Macedonian: “Исикќолска област”
  • Malay: “Issyk-Kul Region”
  • Marathi: “इस्खिक-कुल प्रदेश”
  • Mongolian: “Иссык-Күл аймаг”
  • Mongolian: “Ысыккөл муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ysyk-Sia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ysyk-Köl”
  • Norwegian: “Ysyk-Köl”
  • Ossetian: “Иссык-Кулы облæст”
  • Persian: “استان ایسیق‌کل”
  • Persian: “استان ایسیق‌کول”
  • Polish: “obwód issykkulski”
  • Polish: “Obwód issykkulski”
  • Portuguese: “Issyk-Kul”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Issyk Kul”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Issâk-Kul”
  • Russian: “Issyk-Kul’skaya Oblast’”
  • Russian: “Иссык-Кульская область”
  • Russian: “Иссык-Кульская Область”
  • Russian: “Иссыккульская область”
  • Scots: “Issyk Kul Province”
  • Scots: “Issyk Kul Region”
  • Serbian: “Исик-Кулска област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Isjakulska oblast”
  • Sinhala: “ඉස්සික්-කුල් කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Isikulska oblast”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Issyk Kul”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Issyk-Kul”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Ysyk Kol”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Ysyk Kul”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Ysyk-Kol”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Ysyk-Kul”
  • Spanish: “Ysyk Kol Oblasty”
  • Spanish: “Ysyk Kol”
  • Spanish: “Ysyk-Kol Oblasty”
  • Spanish: “Ysyk-Kol”
  • Swedish: “Issyk-Kul”
  • Swedish: “Ysyk-Köl”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Issik-Kul”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Иссик-Кул”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Иссиқкӯл”
  • Tamil: “இசிக் - குல் பிராந்தியம்”
  • Tamil: “ஐசிஸிக் -குல் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Эссек-Күл өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Эссекүл өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “ఇసిక్-కుల్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอือซึก-เกิล”
  • Turkish: “Isık-Göl İli”
  • Turkish: “Issık-Göl İli”
  • Turkish: “Issık-Göl”
  • Uighur: “ئىسسىقكۆل ئوبلاستى”
  • Ukrainian: “Іссик-Кульська область”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ ایسیک کول”
  • Uzbek: “Issiq-Ko’l viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Issiq-Koʻl viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Issiq-Koʻl”
  • Uzbek: “Issiqkoʻl”
  • Uzbek: “Иссиқ-Кўл”
  • Vietnamese: “Issyk Kul và Thiên Sơn”
  • Vietnamese: “Issyk Kul”
  • Vietnamese: “Issyk-Kul”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Issyk-Kul”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Issyk-Kul”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسیک کول صوبہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایسیق کول صوبہ”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan”. Photo: HylgeriaK, CC BY-SA 3.0.