Osh Province
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Coordinates: 40°0′N 73°0′E / 40°N 73°E
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| Ош областы, Ошская область | |
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| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Capital | Osh |
| Area | 29,200 km2 (11,274 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,299,500 (2005) |
| Density | 44.5 /km2 (115 /sq mi) |
| Governor | Naken Kasiyev |
| ISO 3166-2 | KG-O |
Osh Province (Kyrgyz: Ош областы, Kyrgyz: Ошская область) is a province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh. It is bounded by (clockwise) Jalal-Abad Province, Naryn Province, Xinjiang, China, Tajikistan, Batken Province and Uzbekistan.
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[edit] Geography and population
Most of the population lives in the flat northern part of the Oblast, on the edge of the Ferghana Valley. The land gradually rises southward to the crest of the Alay Mountains, drops into the Alay Valley and rises to the Trans-Alai Range which forms the border with Tajikistan. In the east, the land rises to the Ferghana Range which is roughly parallel to the Naryn border. This area is drained by the Kara Darya which flows northwest to join the Naryn River to form the Syr Darya in the Ferghana Valley.
Highway M41 goes south over the mountains from Osh to the Tajik border. At Sary-Tash a branch goes east to the Chinese border crossing at Irkeshtam. The other main road goes west through the flat country to Batken Province.
Almost all of Kyrgyzstan's Uzbeks live in Osh Province. They are 50% of the provincial population as opposed to 14,5% of Kyrgyzstan as a whole.
[edit] Districts of Osh
Osh province is divided administratively into 7 districts (listed counter-clockwise)[1]:
| District | Capital | Location |
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| Uzgen District | Uzgen | North1 |
| Kara-Suu District | Kara-Suu | North2 |
| Aravan District | Aravan | North3 |
| Nookat District | Eski-Nookat | West |
| Chong-Alay District | Daroot-Korgon | Southwest |
| Alay District | Gul'cha | Southeast |
| Kara-Kulja District | Kara-Kulja | East |
[edit] Enclaves and exclaves
Kyrgyzstan's only exclave within Uzbekistan is administratively part of Osh Province (Kara-Suu District). This is the tiny village of Barak (population 627) in the Fergana valley, located on the road from Osh (Kyrgyzstan) to Khodjaabad (Uzbekistan) about 4 km north-west from the Kyrgyz–Uzbek border in the direction of Andijan.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Kyrgyzstan - Джалал-Абадская область
- ^ Map showing the location of the Kyrgyz exclave Barak. Retrieved on 2 May 2009
- Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008
[edit] External links
- Official website (in Russian)
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