Sary-Tash
39.7373.25Koordinaten: 39 ° 44 'N, 73 ° 15' O
Sarytasch ( Kyrgyz: Сарыташ ) is an urban-type settlement with about 1500 inhabitants in the district ( raion ) Alai in the Osh region in the very south of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia.
The name means " Yellow Stone ". The town was founded in 1950 and is a hub of several major roads in the Pamir and as a base for the maintenance and control systems of these roads is important. In good weather you have a great view to the south on the mighty mountains of the Pamir.
Location
Sarytasch lies on 3170 m altitude in the eastern part of the Alai Valley, between the Alai Mountains and the Pamir Transalai chain of the upper reaches of Kysylsu and the 1932 finished section of the Pamir Highway from Osh in the Fergana Valley in Tajikistan after Chorugh. The settlement was to ( the great height, very cold winters, heavy snowfall, avalanches, etc.) to ensure the ongoing in extremely difficult climatic conditions required for road maintenance and maintain vehicles and refuel. The town has now a gas station, a few small restaurants and a few basic hotels. In addition, the garrison city of Kyrgyz border guards that monitor a portion of the border with Tajikistan, are smuggled over the drug from the south, and then next to go to Russia and Europe.
Traffic
The Pamir Highway ( M41 ) crosses about 10 km north of Sarytasch in spectacular turns of the 3615 m high Taldyk Pass in the Alai Mountains and then crossed the river and Sarytasch Kysylsu in general north-south direction. About 50 km south of Sarytasch crosses the Pamir Highway hardly used the 4250 m high Kyzyl -Art pass on the Transalai chain on the border with Tajikistan.
In Sarytasch branches off the now well -developed road A 371, the eastern end of Europe 60, the Pamir Highway to the east and reaches after crossing the 3723 m high Irkeshtam Pass at Irkeshtam 78 km west of the border with Sarytasch Xinjiang / China.
Approximately 2.5 km south-west of Sarytasch, the road A 372 to the west, always following the Kysylsu, from the district Chon - Alai in the western Alai valley. The pass at its western end at the border with Tajikistan is not open to foreigners.