Kyzyl-Kyya, also spelt Kyzyl-Kyia (Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Кыя, IPA: [qɯzɯ́ɫ qɯjɑ́]) and Kyzyl-Kiya (Russian: Кызыл-Кия,[1] IPA: [kɨˈzɨɫ kʲɪˈja]), is a city in Batken Region, in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. It is a city of regional significance, not part of a district, and consists of the town proper and the villages Karavan, Ak-Bulak and Jin-Jigen.[2] Its area is 78 square kilometres (30 sq mi),[3] and its resident population was 56,819 in 2021 (both including the villages Karavan, Ak-Bulak and Jin-Jigen).[4] It is situated on the southern edge of the Fergana Valley, 32 km southeast of Fergana, and 65 km southwest of Osh. The town is one of the oldest centers of the coal mining industry in Kyrgyzstan.[1]
Kyzyl-Kyya
Кызыл-Кыя | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
  Kyzyl-Kyya Location in Kyrgyzstan | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′40″N 72°07′50″E / 40.26111°N 72.13056°E | |
| Country |  Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Batken Region |
| Founded | 1898 |
| City status | 1938 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Topchubaev Ermekbai Asanovich |
| Area | |
| • City | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,058 m (3,471 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • City | 56,819 |
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 42,564 |
| Postal code | 715200 |
| Area code | +996 3657 |
| Website | www |
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 40,841 | — |
| 1979 | 40,183 | −0.18% |
| 1989 | 47,138 | +1.61% |
| 1999 | 43,061 | −0.90% |
| 2009 | 44,144 | +0.25% |
| 2021 | 56,819 | +2.13% |
| Note: resident population; Sources:[3][4] | ||
Geography
editClimate
editKyzyl-Kyya has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). The average annual temperature is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of -3.4 °C (25.9 °F). The average annual precipitation is 295.8mm (11.64") and has an average of 68.6 days with precipitation. The wettest month is March with an average of 44.9mm (1.8") of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of 4.1mm (0.2") of precipitation.[5]
| Climate data for Kyzyl-Kyya | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
14 (57) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
5 (41) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.4 (1.08) |
33.2 (1.31) |
44.9 (1.77) |
40.1 (1.58) |
37.7 (1.48) |
16.2 (0.64) |
10.2 (0.40) |
4.1 (0.16) |
5 (0.2) |
27.6 (1.09) |
25.9 (1.02) |
23.5 (0.93) |
295.8 (11.65) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6 | 68.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77.7 | 75.6 | 66.9 | 58.5 | 52 | 43.4 | 44.9 | 49.4 | 52.3 | 60.3 | 69 | 77.4 | 60.6 |
| Source: "The Climate of Kyzyl-Kyya". Weatherbase. Retrieved 1 August 2014. | |||||||||||||
Transportation
editKyzyl-kyya has an airport. It only operates domestic flights. It is also one of the few towns in Kyrgyzstan to have a railway station. The railway starts in Uzbekistan and ends here.
References
edit- ^ a b Кызыл-Кия in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. p. 46.
- ^ a b "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 14, 17.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Weatherbase". weatherbase.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
External links
edit- Портале Кызыл-Кийского Землячества (in Russian)
- Баткенская область Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- WELCOME TO THE CITY OF KYZYL KIA Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
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