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Jeti-Ögüz village

Coordinates: 42°N 78°E / 42°N 78°E / 42; 78
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Jeti-Ögüz
Жети-Өгүз (айыл)
village
Jeti-Ögüz is located in Kyrgyzstan
Jeti-Ögüz
Jeti-Ögüz
Coordinates: 42°N 78°E / 42°N 78°E / 42; 78
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionIssyk-Kul Region
DistrictJeti-Ögüz District
Population
 (2009)
 • Total3,428
Seven Bulls rock formation near Jeti-Ögüz
Broken Heart rock
A waterfall in a gully in the mountains surrounding Jeti-Ögüz, frozen in the late fall

Jeti-Ögüz (Kyrgyz: Жети-өгүз, seven bulls) is a village located at the north slope of Teskey Ala-Too mountain range near Issyk Kul in the Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 3428 in 2009.[1]

In the mountains surrounding Jeti-Ögüz, with visible pine-tree plantations

History

The thermal springs of Jeti-Ögüz were known to local inhabitants since antiquity. The place became known to Europe after 1856 when Semenov-Tian-Shanskii first visited it. Since 1965 the resort operates year-round. In 1991, an important meeting between Boris Yeltsin and Askar Akayev took place in Jeti-Ögüz.

References

  1. ^ "2009 population census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Issyk-Kul Region" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 2017-01-04.