Aravan District

Aravan (Kyrgyz: Араван району) is a district of Osh Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Aravan.^[2] Its area is 1,340 square kilometres (520 sq mi) (making it the smallest district in Osh Region),^[3] and its resident population was 137,721 in 2021.^[1]

Aravan Араван району
District
Coat of arms
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Osh Region
Area
• Total	1,340 km2 (520 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	137,721
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6

Geography

The district lies in the south-east part of the Fergana Valley. It borders with the Chil'-Ustun Range in the north-east, and with the Keklik-Too mountains in the east. In the south, the district is occupied by the Jalgyz-Archa and the Ulu-Too mountains. In the west, it borders with Kerkidon reservoir. In the north, the topography of the area is flat, and in the south it rises, changing to hilly terrain. The difference in absolute elevations from north to south is 500-750 meters. ^[4]

Demographics

As of 2009, Aravan District contained 48 villages.

Historical populations in Aravan District

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1970	43,894	—
1979	53,220	+2.16%
1989	71,214	+2.96%
1999	91,438	+2.53%
2009	106,134	+1.50%
2021	137,721	+2.19%
Note: resident population; Sources:[3][1]

Ethnic composition

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of the Aravan District (de jure population) was:^[3]

Ethnic group	Population	Proportion of Aravan District population
Uzbeks	62,281	58.7%
Kyrgyzs	42,049	39.6%
Azerbaijanis	760	0.7%
Tajiks	542	0.5%
Tatars	135	0.1%
other groups	367	0.4%

Rural communities and villages

In total, Aravan District include 50 settlements in 8 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities in Aravan District are:^[2][5]

1. Аllya Anarov (seat: Jangy-Aravan; incl. Aravan, Achchy, Kara-Bulak, Sasyk-Üngkür, Madaniyat and Pakhta-Abad)
2. Chek-Abad (seat: Köchübaev; incl. Agronom, Jakshylyk, Jar-Kyshtak, Kukalapash, Maksim-Tobu, Pakhtachy and Tölöykön)
3. Kerme-Too (seat: Gulbakhor; incl. Kichik-Alay, Kündölük, Maydan-Tal, Ming-Teke, Sary-Bulak and Chogom)
4. Mangyt (seat: Mangyt; incl. Kesek, Kyzyl-Korgon, Tölöykön and Jangy-Aryk)
5. Nurabad (seat: Kayragach-Aryk; incl. Kakyr-Piltan and Langar)
6. S.Yusupov (seat: Aravan; incl. Karrak, Oktyabr, Erke-Kashka and Sutkor)
7. Tepe-Korgon (seat: Tepe-Korgon; incl. Arap, Internatsional, Kesov, Uygur-Abad, Chertik, Yangi-Abad and Yangi-Yul)
8. Töö-Moyun (seat: Khauz; incl. Ak-Shor, Jeke-Miste, Kerkidan, Nayman, Sary-Tash and Syrt)

Jangy‑Aravan

Aravan

Achchy

Kara-Bulak

Sasyk‑Üngkür

Madaniyat

Pakhta‑Abad

Aravan

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Karrak

Oktyabr

Erke‑Kashka

Sutkor

Mangyt

Kesek

Kyzyl‑Korgon

Tölöykön

Jangy-Aryk

Gulbakhor

Kichik-Alay

Kündölük

Maydan-Tal

Ming-Teke

Sary-Bulak

Chogom

Tepe‑Korgon

Arap

Internatsional

Kesov

Uygur-Abad

Chertik

Yangi-Abad

Yangi-Yul

Kayragach‑Aryk

Kakyr-Piltan

Langar

Khauz

Ak-Shor

Jeke-Miste

Kerkidan

Nayman

Sary-Tash

Syrt

Köchübaev

Agronom

Jakshylyk

Jar-Kyshtak

Kukalapash

MT

Pakhtachy

T

Settlements of the Aravan District
Abbreviations: MT - Maksim-Tobu, T - Tölöykön

References

1. "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.
2. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 48–50.
3. "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 12, 17, 52.
4. Мониторинг, прогнозирование опасных процессов и явлений на территории Кыргызской Республики [Monitoring and Forecasting of Natural Hazards in Kyrgyz Republic] (PDF) (in Russian) (18th ed.). Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. p. 331. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
5. List of Rural Communities of Kyrgyzstan Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

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