Sokuluk District

Sokuluk (Kyrgyz: Сокулук району; Russian: Сокулукский район) is a district of the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 2,550 square kilometres (980 sq mi),[2] and its resident population was 194,579 in 2021.[1] The administrative seat lies at Sokuluk village.[3]

Sokuluk District
Сокулук району
The border to Sokuluk rayon from Alamüdün rayon along the Osh–Bishkek highway
The border to Sokuluk rayon from Alamüdün rayon along the Osh–Bishkek highway
Coat of arms of Sokuluk District
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionChüy Region
Area
 • Total2,550 km2 (980 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total194,579
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1970104,508—    
1979117,084+1.27%
1989131,923+1.20%
1999136,124+0.31%
2009159,231+1.58%
2021194,579+1.68%
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][1]

Rural communities and villages

In total, Sokuluk District includes 1 town and 68 settlements in 19 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community includes one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Sokuluk District are as follows:[3][4]

  1. town Shopokov
  2. Asylbash (seat: Asylbash; incl. Kirov)
  3. At-Bashy (seat: Manas; incl. Ak-Jol, Lesnoye and Tört-Köl)
  4. Birinchi May (seat: Birinchi May; incl. Natsionalnoye and Panfilov)
  5. Frunze (seat: Frunze; incl. Komsomol, Ozernoye and Studencheskoye)
  6. Gavrilovka (seat: Gavrilovka; incl. Jangarach, Romanovka and Shalta)
  7. Jangy-Jer (seat: Jangy-Jer; incl. Verkhnevostochnoye, Zapadnoye, Zelenoye and Nizhnevostochnoye)
  8. Jangy-Pakhta (seat: Jangy-Pakhta; incl. Ak-Kashat, Zarya, May and Mirny)
  9. Kamyshanovka (seat: Kamyshanovka)
  10. Kaynazarova (seat: Chat-Köl; incl. Belek and Tüz)
  11. Krupskaya (seat: Sokuluk; incl. Jakynky Aral, Alysky Aral and Birinchi May)
  12. Kün-Tuu (seat: Kün-Tuu; incl. Dostuk, Kichi-Shalta, Shalta and Chong-Jar)
  13. Kyzyl-Tuu (seat: Kyzyl-Tuu; incl. Kara-Sakal, Malovodnoye, Novoye and Tokbay)
  14. Novopavlovka (seat: Novopavlovka; incl. Uchkun)
  15. Orok (seat: Jal; incl. Jogorku Orok, Kaltar, Kashka-Bash, Tömönkü Orok, Plodovoye, Sarban and Selektsionnoye)
  16. Saz (seat: Saz; incl. Konush)
  17. Sokuluk (seat: Sokuluk)
  18. Tömönkü Chüy (seat: Tömönkü Chüy; incl. Mirnoye, Sadovoye, Severnoye, Stepnoye and Taltak)
  19. Tösh-Bulak (seat: Tösh-Bulak; incl. Börülü and Chetindi)
  20. Voyenno-Antonovka (seat: Voyenno-Antonovka)
Manas
Lesnoye
Tört-Köl
Börülü
Chetindi
Gavrilovka
Jangarach
Verkhnevostochnoye
Zapadnoye
Zelenoye
Nizhnevostochnoye
Jangy-Pakhta
Ak-Kashat
Zarya
May
Mirny
Asylbash
Kirovskoye
Kün-Tuu
Dostuk
Kichi-Shalta
Shalta (Kuntuu)
Chong-Jar
Sokuluk (Kr.)
Jakynky Aral
Birinchi May
Kara-Sakal
Novoe
Tokbay
Mirnoye
Sadovoye
Severnoye
Stepnoye
Taltak
Uchkun
Saz
Konush
Kashka-Bash
Tömönkü Orok
Plodovoye
Kaltar
Jogorku Orok
Jal
Sarban
Birinchi May
Natsionalnoye
Panfilov
Frunze
Komsomol
Ozernoye
Studencheskoye
Belek
Tuz
Map of the inhabited part of the Sokuluk District

References

42°51′09″N 74°13′16″E / 42.8526°N 74.221°E / 42.8526; 74.221