Bakay-Ata (Kyrgyz: Бакай-Ата району) is a district of Talas Region in north-western Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 2,928 square kilometres (1,131 sq mi),[1] and its resident population was 53,359 in 2021.[2] The administrative seat lies at Bakay-Ata (the former Leninpol).[3]
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1970 | 26,701 | — |
1979 | 33,290 | +2.48% |
1989 | 39,676 | +1.77% |
1999 | 38,898 | −0.20% |
2009 | 44,057 | +1.25% |
2021 | 53,359 | +1.61% |
Note: resident population; Sources:[1][2] |
Rural communities and villages
In total, Bakay-Ata District includes 19 settlements located in 9 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Bakay-Ata District are:[3][4]
- Ak-Döbö (seat: Ak-Döbö; incl. Kyzyl-Say and Kyzyl-Charba)
- Aknazarov (seat: Kyzyl-Oktyabr; incl. Kök-Tash, Madaniyat, Tash-Kuduk and Ür-Maral)
- Bakay-Ata (2: center - village: Bakay-Ata; and also village Namatbek)
- Boo-Terek (seat: Boo-Terek)
- Keng-Aral (seat: Keng-Aral)
- Ming-Bulak (seat: Ming-Bulak)
- Oros (seat: Kyrgyzstan; incl. Jon-Korgon and Birinchi May)
- Özgörüsh (seat: Özgörüsh)
- Shadykan (seat: Yntymak; incl. Tüytö)


Tüytö

Kyzyl-Oktyabr

Kök-Tash

Madaniyat

Tash-Kuduk

Ür-Maral

Keng-Aral

Namatbek

Ming-Bulak

Kyzyl-Say

Kyzyl-Charba

Kyrgyzstan

Jon-Korgon

Birinchi May
Settlements of the Bakay-Ata District.
Notable people
- Gulsaira Momunova - poet (1937 - 2020).
References
- ^ a b "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Talas Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 12, 15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 64–65.
- ^ List of rural communities of Kyrgyzstan Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
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