Leylek District

Leylek (Kyrgyz: Лейлек району, romanized: Leylek rayonu) is a district of Batken Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan.[1] It borders with Batken District in the east, and Tajikistan in the south, west, and north. Its area is 4,653 square kilometres (1,797 sq mi),[2] and its resident population was 146,020 in 2021.[3] The administrative seat lies at Razzaqov.[1]

Leylek
Лейлек району
District
Coat of arms
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionBatken
CapitalRazzaqov
Area
 • Total4,653 km2 (1,797 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total146,020
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6

Geography

Leylek District is located between the northern slopes of the Turkestan Range and the Ferghana Valley. It contains the lowest point of Kyrgyzstan: 401 meters above sea level.[4]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
197040,280—    
197951,615+2.79%
198974,531+3.74%
1999100,285+3.01%
2009116,861+1.54%
2021146,020+1.87%
Note: resident population; Sources:[2][3]

Towns, rural communities and villages

In total, Leylek District includes 1 town and 47 villages in 1 town and 9 rural communities (ayyl aymagy).[1] The rural communities and settlements in the Leylek District are:[5]

  1. town of district significance Razzaqov (including 6 villages: Golbo, Samat, Chimgen, Taylan, Myrza-Patcha and Ak-Bulak)
  2. Ak-Suu (seat: Ak-Suu; and also villages Alga, Jengish, Suu-Bashy and Jezken)
  3. Beshkent (seat: Beshkent; incl. Karl Marks, Kayragach, SSSRdin 50 jyldygy and Eski-Oochu)
  4. Jangy-Jer (seat: Tsentralnoye; incl. Arka and Dostuk)
  5. Katrang (seat: Katrang; incl. Jangy-Turmush and Özgörüsh)
  6. Kulundu (seat: Kulundu; incl. Bulak-Bashy, Internatsional'noye, Kommunizm, Lenin and Maksat)
  7. Leylek (seat: Korgon; incl. Kara-Suu, Leylek, Chuyanchy and Ak-Terek)
  8. Margun (seat: Margun; incl. Churbek, Darkhum and Dargaz)
  9. Sumbula (seat: Andarak; incl. Iskra, Kök-Tash and Kommuna)
  10. Toguz-Bulak (seat: Toguz-Bulak; and also villages Ay-Kol, Kara-Bulak, Madaniyat, Kyrgyzstandyn 50 jyldygy and Chapaev)

Note: Sülüktü is a town of regional significance of Batken Region, and is not part of the Leylek District.

Koltso
Jengish
Suu-Bashy
Karl Marks
↑
SSSRdin
50 jyldygy
Eski-Oochu
Darkhum
Dargaz
Arka
Dostuk
Kara-
Suu
Leylek
Chuyanchy
Ak-Terek
Jangy-Turmush
Internatsional'noye
Kommunizm
Lenin
Maksat
Iskra
Kommuna
←Kyrgyzstandyn
50 jyldygy
↑
Aykol
Madaniyat
Chapaev
Settlements of the Leylek District

References
  1. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 40–42.
  2. "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.
  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. "Лейлек району" [Leylek District] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 461.
  5. List of Rural Communities of Kyrgyzstan Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

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