Nooken District

Nooken Ноокен району
District
Coat of arms
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Jalal-Abad Region
Area
• Total	2,336 km^2 (902 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	145,187
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (Kyrgyzstan Time)

Nooken District (Kyrgyz: Ноокен району, before 1992: Lenin District)[1] is a district of Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Masy.[2] Its area is 2,336 square kilometres (902 sq mi),[1] and its resident population was 145,187 in 2021.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1970	54,296	—
1979	63,858	+1.82%
1989	81,515	+2.47%
1999	101,519	+2.22%
2009	117,055	+1.43%
2021	145,187	+1.81%
Note: resident population; Sources:[1][3]

Towns, rural communities and villages

In total, Nooken District includes 1 town and 55 settlements in 8 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Nooken District are:[2][4]

1. town Kochkor-Ata
2. Aral (seat: Aral; incl. Internatsional, Rassvet, Chertak-Tash and Cheremushki)
3. Bürgöndü (seat: Bürgöndü; incl. Jangy-Aryk, Jengish, Kichi-Bürgöndü, Kokonduk, Kurama, Kyzyl-Kyya, Nooshken and Uuru-Jar)
4. Dostuk (seat: Shamaldy-Say; incl. Dostuk, Kuduk, Kyzyl-Tuu, Sary-Kamysh and Shyng-Say)
5. Masy (seat: Masy; incl. Apyrtan, Besh-Jygach, Bögöt and Kyzyl-Tuu)
6. Mombekov (seat: Mombekov; incl. Boston, Jazgak, Jangy-Kyshtak, Kök-Tash, Kochkor-Ata, Kurulush and Chek)
7. Nooken (seat: Komintern; incl. Kara-Bulak, Kirov, Kurulush, Kyzyl-Jyldyz, Parakanda and Rakhmanjan)
8. Sakaldy (seat: Sakaldy; incl. Arimjan, Böbüy, Kagazdy, Kyzyl-Kyrgyzstan, Chek, Chong-Bagysh and Say-Boyu)
9. Shaydan (seat: Alma; incl. Birdik, Jangy-Aryk, Jon-Aryk, Kök-Ajdar, Toskool and Eski-Masy)

Note: Mayluu-Suu is a town of regional significance of Jalal-Abad Region, and is not part of the Nooken District.

Kochkor-
Ata

Aral

Internatsional

Rassvet

Chertak‑Tash

Cheremushki

Bürgöndü

Jangy-Aryk

Jengish

Kichi‑Bürgöndü

Kokonduk

Kurama

Kyzyl-Kyya

Nooshken

Uuru-Jar

Shamaldy‑Say

Dostuk

Kuduk

Kyzyl-Tuu

Sary-
Kamysh

Shyng-Say

Masy

Apyrtan

Besh-Jygach

Bögöt

Kyzyl-Tuu

Mombekov

Boston

Jazgak

Jangy‑Kyshtak

Kök-Tash

Kochkor-Ata

Kurulush

Chek

Kurulush

Kara-Bulak

Kirov

Komintern

Kyzyl-
Jyldyz

Parakanda

Rakhmanjan

Sakaldy

Arimjan

Böbüy

Kagazdy

Kyzyl‑Kyrgyzstan

Chek

Chong‑Bagysh

Say-Boyu

Alma

Birdik

Jangy-Aryk

Jon-Aryk

Kök-Ajdar

Toskool

Eski-Masy

Mayluu-Suu

Kök-Tash

Sary-Bee

Kögoy

Kara-Jygach

Tash-Kömür

Shamaldy‑Say

Kyzyl-Jar

Tengdik

Kashkulak‑Say

Chüyüt-Say

Kyzyl-Alma

Kuduk-Say

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Settlements of the Nooken District.

References

1. "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Jalal-Abad Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 13, 17, 338.
2. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. Apr 2023. pp. 21–23.
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. "Rural districts". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-14.

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