Talas Region

(Reguidit frae Talas Province)

Talas Region (Kyrgyz: Талас областы) is a province (oblast) o Kyrgyzstan. Its caipital is Talas. It is bordered on the wast an north bi Jambyl Province o Kazakhstan, on the east bi Chui Province, on the sooth bi Jalal-Abad Province an on the soothwast bi a finger o Uzbekistan. It is basically a U-shaped valley open tae the wast. The northren mairch is defined bi the Kyrgyz Ala-Too, which an aa form the soothren mairch o Chuy Province. At the eastren end, the Talas Ala-Too Range splits aff an marks the soothren border. The Talas River flows throu the centre o the valley. The main hieway (A361) enters frae the east ower the Ötmök Pass (closed in winter) an goes doun the valley tae Taraz in Kazakhstan. Near the mooth o the valley at Kyzyl-Adyr, ane road goes north toward Taraz an the ither sooth ower the Kara-Buura Pass tae Jalal-Abad Province. Afore unthirldom maist tred links wur wi Taraz. The historic Battle o Talas occurred here.

Talas Province in Kyrgyzstan
Talas Province in Kyrgyzstan
Talas Region
Талас областы
Таласская область
Caipital: Talas
Aurie: 11,400 km²
Population: 219,800 (2009)
Population density: 19 /km²
ISO 3166-2: KG-T

Basic Socio-Economic Indicators

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  • Population: 219,800 (assessment for 1 Januar 2009) includin 16.3% - urban, an 83.7% - rural population[1]
  • Employed population: 95,300 (2008) [2]
  • Registered Unemployed Population: 2,136 (2008)[3]
  • Export: 14.6 million US dollars (2008)[4]
  • Import: 193.3 million US dollars (2008) [4]
  • Direct Foreign Investments: 30,4 million US dollars (in 2008)[5]

Districts o Talas

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Talas province is dividit admeenistratively intae 4 districts [6]:

District Caipital
Bakay-Ata District Bakay-Ata[7]
Kara-Buura District Kyzyl-Adyr
Manas District Pokrovka
Talas District Manas[8]

References

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  1. National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. a b National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Kyrgyzstan - Джалал-Абадская область". Archived frae the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt Traivel Guides, 2008