Osh Region

Osh Region (Kyrgyz: Ош облусу, Oş oblusu/Osh oblusu, وش وبلاستى) is a region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh. It is bounded by (clockwise) Jalal-Abad Region, Naryn Region, Xinjiang, China, Tajikistan, Batken Region, and Uzbekistan.

Osh Region

Ош облусу
Oş oblusu
Region
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Map of Kyrgyzstan, location of Osh Region highlighted
Coordinates: 40°0′N 73°0′E
Country Kyrgyzstan
CapitalOsh
Government
 • GovernorTaalaibek Sarybashev
Area
 • Total28,934 km2 (11,171 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,368,054
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (not observed)
ISO 3166 codeKG-O
Districts8
Cities3
Townships2
Villages474

Geography

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 Region.

Demographics

As of 2009, Osh Region (excluding Osh) comprised 3 towns (Nookat, Uzgen, and Kara-Suu), 2 urban-type settlement and 474 villages. Its de facto population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 999,576. Of them, 82,841 people live in urban areas, and 916,735 in rural ones. [2] Official population estimate for the beginning of 2020 was 1,368,054. [1]

More than half of all Kyrgyzstan's Uzbeks live in Osh Region. They are 28% of the regional population according to the 2009 census.[2]

Historical populations in Osh Region
YearPop.±%
1970433,036—    
1979552,843+27.7%
1989716,983+29.7%
1999 940,633+31.2%
2009999,576+6.3%
Note: enumerated de facto population; Source:[2]

Ethnic composition

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

Ethnic groupPopulationProportion of population
Kyrgyzs758,03668.6%
Uzbeks308,68828.0%
Uygurs11,1811%
Turks10,9341%
Tajiks6,7110.6%
Azerbaijanis3,2240.3%
Russians1,5520.1%
Tatars1,3370.1%
Dungans7930.1%
other groups1,7920.2%

Districts

Osh Region is divided administratively into 7 districts (listed counter-clockwise):[3]

DistrictCapitalLocation
Uzgen DistrictUzgenNorth1
Kara-Suu DistrictKara-SuuNorth2
Aravan DistrictAravanNorth3
Nookat DistrictEski-NookatWest
Chong-Alay DistrictDaroot-KorgonSouthwest
Alay DistrictGul'chaSoutheast
Kara-Kulja DistrictKara-KuljaEast

Enclaves and exclaves

Kyrgyzstan's only exclave within Uzbekistan is administratively part of Osh Region (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.[4]

See also

References
  1. Population of regions,districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic (National Statistical Committee estimate as of the beginning of 2020) Численность населения областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа,айылных аймаков и сел Кыргызской Республики (оценка НСК на начало 2020г)
  2. Population and Housing Census 2009. Book 3 (in tables). Regions of Kyrgyzstan: Osh Region (Перепись населения и жилищного фонда Кыргызской Республики 2009. Книга 3 (в таблицах). Регионы Кыргызстана: Ошская область (PDF), Bishkek: National Committee on Statistics, 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-10
  3. Kyrgyzstan - Джалал-Абадская область
  4. Map showing the location of the Kyrgyz exclave Barak. Retrieved on 2 May 2009

Works cited

  • Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008
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