Jumgal District

Jumgal Жумгал району
District
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Naryn Region
Area
• Total	4,803 km^2 (1,854 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	44,866
• Density	9.3/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6

Jumgal (Kyrgyz: Жумгал району, romanized: Jumgal rayonu) is a district of Naryn Region in central Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Chaek.[1] Its area is 4,803 square kilometres (1,854 sq mi),[2] and its resident population was 44,866 in 2021.[3] It is a mountainous district. Its main rivers are the Kökömeren (a tributary to the river Naryn) and its tributaries Jumgal, Suusamyr and Batysh Karakol.[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1970	34,306	—
1979	41,493	+2.14%
1989	44,613	+0.73%
1999	40,902	−0.86%
2009	40,718	−0.05%
2021	44,866	+0.81%
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][3]

Populated places

In total, Jumgal District include 30 settlements in 13 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community includes one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Jumgal District are as follows:[1][5][6]

1. Bash-Kuugandy (seat: Bash-Kuugandy)
2. Bayzak (seat: Bayzak)
3. Chaek (seat: Chaek; incl. Ak-Tatyr, Besh-Terek, Chukur-Akseki and Shorton)
4. Chong-Döbö (seat: Chong-Döbö)
5. Jangy-Aryk (seat: Jangy-Aryk; incl. Bazar-Turuk, Kyzart and Kyzyl-Emgek)
6. Jumgal (seat: Jumgal; incl. Lama)
7. Kabak (seat: Tabylgyty; incl. Aral, Keng-Suu, Kotur-Suu, Kyzyl-Korgon, Sary-Bulung and Tabylgy)
8. Kök-Oy (seat: Kök-Oy; incl. Kichi-Aral)
9. Kuyruchuk (seat: Kuyruchuk)
10. Kyzyl-Jyldyz (seat: Kyzyl-Jyldyz)
11. Ming-Kush (seat: Ming-Kush; incl. Kyzyl-Söök)
12. Süyümbay (seat: Tash-Döbö)
13. Tügöl-Say (seat: Tügöl-Say; incl. Epkin)

Bash-Kuugandy

Jangy-Aryk

Bazar-Turuk

Kyzart

Kyzyl-
Emgek

Jumgal

Lama

Tabylgyty

Aral

Keng-
Suu

Kotur-Suu

Kyzyl-
Korgon

Sary-Bulung

Tabylgy

Kök-Oy

Kichi-Aral

Bayzak

Kuyruchuk

Chong-Döbö

Tügöl-
Say

Epkin

Tash-Döbö

Ak-Tatyr

Besh-Terek

Shorton

Chukur-Akseki
↓

←Chaek

Kyzyl-Jyldyz

Ming-Kush

Kyzyl-Söök

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Settlements of the Jumgal District

References

1. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 34–36.
2. "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Naryn Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 12, 15.
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. "Жумгал району" [Jumgal District] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 506.
5. List of Rural Communities of Kyrgyzstan Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
6. 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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