Leylek District

Leylek District (Kyrgyz: Лейлек району, romanized: Leilek raionu) is a district of Batken Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan.^[1] It borders with Batken District in the east, and Tajikistan in the south, west, and north. Its area is 4,653 square kilometres (1,797 sq mi),^[2] and its resident population was 146,020 in 2021.^[3] The administrative seat lies at Razzaqov.^[1]

Leylek Лейлек району
District
Coat of arms
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Batken
Capital	Razzaqov
Area
• Total	4,653 km2 (1,797 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	146,020
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6

Geography

Leylek District is located between the northern slopes of the Turkestan Range and the Ferghana Valley. It contains the lowest point of Kyrgyzstan: 401 meters above sea level.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1970	40,280	—
1979	51,615	+2.79%
1989	74,531	+3.74%
1999	100,285	+3.01%
2009	116,861	+1.54%
2021	146,020	+1.87%
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][3]

Towns, rural communities and villages

In total, Leylek District includes 1 town and 47 villages in 1 town and 9 rural communities (ayyl aymagy).^[1] The rural communities and settlements in the Leylek District are:^[5]

1. town of district significance Razzaqov (including 6 villages: Golbo, Samat, Chimgen, Taylan, Ak-Bosogo and Ak-Bulak)
2. Ak-Suu (seat: Ak-Suu; and also villages Alga, Jengish, Suu-Bashy and Jezken)
3. Beshkent (seat: Beshkent; incl. Karl Marks, Kayragach, SSSRdin 50 jyldygy and Eski-Oochu)
4. Jangy-Jer (seat: Tsentralnoye; incl. Arka and Dostuk)
5. Katrang (seat: Katrang; incl. Jangy-Turmush and Özgörüsh)
6. Kulundu (seat: Kulundu; incl. Bulak-Bashy, Internatsional'noye, Kommunizm, Lenin and Maksat)
7. Leylek (seat: Korgon; incl. Kara-Suu, Leylek, Chuyanchy and Ak-Terek)
8. Muras (seat: Muras; incl. Uch-Bulak, Jetty-Tash and Kerege-Tash)
9. Sumbula (seat: Andarak; incl. Iskra, Kök-Tash and Sary-Dobo)
10. Toguz-Bulak (seat: Toguz-Bulak; and also villages Ay-Kol, Kara-Bulak, Madaniyat, Kyrgyzstandyn 50 jyldygy and Chapaev)

Note: Sülüktü is a town of regional significance of Batken Region, and is not part of the Leylek District.

Sülüktü

Vostochny

Koltso

Razzaqov

Golbo

Samat

Chimgen

Taylan

Myrza-Patcha

Ak-Bulak

Ak-Suu

Alga

Jengish

Suu-Bashy

Jezken

Beshkent

Karl Marks

Kayragach

↑
SSSRdin
50 jyldygy

Eski-Oochu

Muras

Uch-Bulak

Jetty-Tash

Kerege-Tash

Tsentralnoye

Arka

Dostuk

Korgon

Kara-
Suu

Leylek

Chuyanchy

Ak-Terek

Katrang

Jangy-Turmush

Özgörüsh

↑
Kulundu

Bulak-Bashy

Internatsional'noye

Kommunizm

Lenin

Maksat

Andarak

Iskra

Kök-Tash

Sary-Dobo

←Kyrgyzstandyn
50 jyldygy

Toguz-Bulak

↑
Aykol

Kara-Bulak

Madaniyat

Chapaev

Settlements of the Leylek District

References

1. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 40–42.
2. "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 14, 17.
3. "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.
4. "Лейлек району" [Leylek District] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 461.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. List of Rural Communities of Kyrgyzstan Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

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