Issyk Kul Province

The area Issyk Kul ( Kyrgyz Ысыккөл областы; Russian Иссык - Кульская область / Issyk- Kylskaja Oblast ) is one of seven areas of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. It is located in the northeast of the country and is bounded on the north by Kazakhstan and in the south of China. The region has an area of ​​43,144 km ² and around 450,000 inhabitants. The population density is 10 inhabitants per km ² relatively low; The area consists largely of the high mountains of Tianshan. The name is derived from the mountain lake Issyk Kul, which covers about one -seventh of the area of ​​the region.

The administrative center of the region is the city of Karakol (formerly Przhevalsk ). It is situated near the eastern shore of the lake.

Geography

In the south of the area Issyk Kul is located on the southern slope of the Kyrgyz Mountains, the source of the Naryn, which is the major source of the river Syr Darya. In the tri-border region with China and Kazakhstan is the Dschengisch Tschokusu (formerly Pik Pobedy ) the highest mountain in Kyrgyzstan. Large parts of the area are part of the biosphere reserve Issyk Kul, which is 20% of Kyrgyz territory covered.

Traffic

In the Kyrgyz road network, only the north of the area is involved, while the sparsely populated mountain area of ​​the South are only bad in the winter occasionally not reach. The city on the western shore of the Issyk Kul Balyktschy is connected by a railway line with Bishkek.

Swell

Areas: Batken | Jalalabad | Naryn | Osh | Talas | Tschüi | Issyk Kul

Cities: Bishkek | Osh

• Region ( Kyrgyzstan )
• Issyk Kul region