Özgön District

Özgön or Uzgen (Kyrgyz: Өзгөн району) is a district of Osh Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 3,308 square kilometres (1,277 sq mi),[2] and its resident population was 282,981 in 2021.[1]> The capital lies at Özgön (Uzgen).[3]

Özgön
Өзгөн району
Uzgen
District
Flag of Özgön
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Coat of arms of Özgön
Coat of arms
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionOsh Region
Area
 • Total3,308 km2 (1,277 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total282,981
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (KGT)

Demographics

As of 2009, Özgön District included 1 town, and 19 villages. Its population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 228,114. Of them, 49,410 people live in urban areas, and 178,704 in rural ones.

Historical populations in Özgön District
YearPop.±% p.a.
1970102,024—    
1979120,980+1.91%
1989151,806+2.30%
1999193,766+2.47%
2009228,114+1.65%
2021282,981+1.81%
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][1]

Ethnic composition

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of the Özgön District (de jure population) was:[2]

Ethnic groupPopulationProportion of Özgön District population
Kyrgyzs168,27773.8%
Uzbeks50,66622.2%
Turks7,2103.1%
Russians7070.3%
Uygurs5950.3%
Tatars2540.1%
Tadjiks1240.1%
other groups2810.1%

Towns, rural communities and villages
Mausoleum in Özgön

In total, Özgön District include 1 town and 99 settlements in 19 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Özgön District are:[3][4]

  1. town Özgön
  2. Ak-Jar (seat: Ak-Jar; incl. Kakyr, Semiz-Köl and Bolshevik)
  3. Altyn-Bulak (seat: Altyn-Bulak; incl. Chechebay, Tash-Bashat, Sasyk-Bulak, Kara-Batkak and Kandava)
  4. Bash-Döbö (seat: Kengesh; incl. Jangy-Jol, Kosh-Korgon, Kyzyl-Kyrman and Kashka-Terek)
  5. Changget (seat: Changget; incl. Östürüü)
  6. Deng-Bulak (seat: Bakmal; incl. Babash-Uulu, Böksö-Jol, Jangy-Abat, Deng-Bulak, Kara-Daryya, Michurin, Özgörüsh, Töölös and Chymbay)
  7. Iyri-Suu (seat: Jiyde; incl. Ak-Terek, Janggakty, Kara-Kolot, Kors-Etti, Kyrgyzstan and Orkazgan)
  8. Jalpak-Tash (seat: Kurbu-Tash; incl. Ak-Terek, Karl Marks, Kirov, Kysyk-Alma, Tuz-Bel, Üch-Kaptal and Kara-Taryk)
  9. Jazy (seat: Kara-Dyykan; incl. Kyzyl-Dyykan, Jeerenchi and Jazy)
  10. Jylandy (seat: Jylandy; incl. Kalta, Krasny Mayak, Progress, Yassy and Botomoynok)
  11. Kara-Tash (seat: Iyrek; incl. Korgon, Üngkür, Yntymak and Elchibek)
  12. Karool (seat: Karool; incl. Jan-Shoro, Myrza-Aryk, Orto-Aryk and Sheraly)
  13. Köldük (seat: Shamal-Terek; incl. Chalk-Öydö)
  14. Kurshab (seat: Kurshab; incl. Erdik and Shagym)
  15. Kyzyl-Oktyabr (seat: Staraya Pokrovka; incl. Alga, Besh-Abyshka, Guzar, Kochkor-Ata, Kreml, Kurshab, Kyzyl-Oktyabr, Kyzyl-Senggir and Yntymak)
  16. Kyzyl-Too (seat: Kyzyl-Too; incl. Donguz-Too, Ak-Kyya, Karchabek and Erkin-Too)
  17. Myrza-Ake (seat: Myrza-Ake; incl. Adyr and Babyr)
  18. Salam-Alik (7: center - village: Salam-Alik; and also villages Ak-Terek, Ara-Köl, Kosh-Eter, Kyzyl-Bayrak, Kyzyl-Charba and 15 Jash)
  19. Tört-Köl (seat: Shoro-Bashat; incl. villages Ana-Kyzyl, Boston, Kyymyl and Makarenko)
  20. Zerger (seat: Tosoy; incl. Ayuu, Jangy-Ayyl, Zerger, Kayrat, Kuturgan, Nichke-Say and Toktogul)

References
  1. "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.
  2. "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 12, 17, 53.
  3. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 59–62.
  4. "List of rural communities of Kyrgyzstan". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-14.

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