Kara-Buura District

Aitmatov (Kyrgyz: Айтматов району, romanized: Aitmatov rayonu) (formerly as Kara-Buura) is a district of Talas Region, in north-western Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 4,216 square kilometres (1,628 sq mi),^[1] and its resident population was 69,180 in 2021.^[2] The administrative seat lies at Kyzyl-Adyr.^[3] In 2023, by decision of the Jogorku Kenesh it was renamed Aitmatov district after Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928-2008), who was born in this district.

Aitmatov Айтматов району
District
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Talas Region
Area
• Total	4,216 km2 (1,628 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	69,180
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1970	35,841	—
1979	41,270	+1.58%
1989	47,272	+1.37%
1999	49,879	+0.54%
2009	58,056	+1.53%
2021	69,180	+1.47%
Note: resident population; Sources:[1][2]

Rural communities and villages

In total, Kara-Buura District includes 23 settlements in 10 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Kara-Buura District are:^[3][4][5]

1. Ak-Chiy (seat: Joon-Döbö; incl. Jiyde)
2. Amanbaev (seat: Amanbaev; incl. Ak-Jar, Kuru-Maymak and Suulu-Maymak)
3. Bakayyr (seat: Ak-Bashat; incl. Kara-Say)
4. Bakyyan (seat: Bakyyan; incl. Tamchy-Bulak and Kamash)
5. Beysheke (seat: Beysheke; incl. Kara-Buura and Kara-Suu)
6. Cholponbay (seat: Chymgent; incl. Kök-Döbö)
7. Kara-Buura (seat: Kyzyl-Adyr; incl. Chong-Kara-Buura and Üch-Bulak)
8. Kök-Say (seat: Kök-Say; incl. Kaynar)
9. Maymak (seat: Maymak)
10. Sheker (seat: Sheker; incl. Archagul)

Joon-Döbö

Jiyde

Beysheke

Kara-Buura

Kara-Suu

Bakyyan

Tamchy-Bulak

Kamash

Amanbaev

Ak-Jar

Kuru-Maymak

Suulu-Maymak

Ak-Bashat

Kara-Say

Kyzyl-Adyr

Chong-Kara-Buura

Üch-Bulak

Kök-Say

Kaynar

Chymgent

Kök-Döbö

Sheker

Archagul

Maymak

Settlements of the Kara-Buura District.

References

1. "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Talas Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 12, 15.
2. "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.
3. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 63–64.
4. List of rural communities of Kyrgyzstan Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
5. 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

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