Komintern, Kyrgyzstan

Komintern Коминтерн
Komintern
Coordinates: 41°02′30″N 72°35′10″E
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Jalal-Abad
District	Nooken
Elevation	604 m (1,982 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	4,498
Time zone	UTC+6

Komintern (Kyrgyz: Коминтерн, formerly Nooken[1] or Naukent) is a village in Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of Nooken District.[2] Its population was 4,498 in 2021.[3] It lies along the M41 highway (Bishkek–Osh), between Masy and Kochkor-Ata. It lies about 9 km from the Uzbek border, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Andijon, Uzbekistan. It was part of Fergana Oblast in the Russian Empire.[4][5] Historically it had a citadel due to its strategical location, which was taken by Shahbaz.[6]

References

1. "Ноокен району" [Nooken District] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 483.
2. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 22–23.
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. Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1982). Great Soviet encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 246. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
5. Institut zur Erforschung der UdSSR. (1968). Prominent personalities in the USSR. Scarecrow Press. p. 425. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
6. Babur (Emperor of Hindustan); Wheeler McIntosh Thackston (11 January 1996). The Baburnama: memoirs of Babur, prince and emperor. Freer Gallery of Art. ISBN 978-0-19-509671-2. Retrieved 11 July 2011.