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Bokonbayevo
Sign in to saveBökönbai (, ) is a village in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. The village is named in honor of the well-known poet and playwright Joomart Bökönbayev. It is the seat of the Tong District and of the Kün-Chygysh village community. It was established as Kol'tsovka village in 1912. With a population of 14,267 (2021), it is the largest village on the south shore of lake Issyk Kul. Its industry declined after the collapse of the USSR. It is now a base for tourism into the mountains to the south. There are demonstrations of falconry with eagles. The road to the west to Balykchy goes through dry an
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Place details
- Locality
- Бөкөнбаев
- Region
- Ысык-Көл облусу
- Country
- Кыргызстан
- Population
- 14,267
- Timezone
- Asia/Bishkek
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bökönbai
- Settlement.native_name
- Бөкөнбай
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Administrative center of Tong District
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Issyk-Kul
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tong
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan - panoramio (1).jpg
- Settlement.leader_title
- Akim
- Settlement.leader_name
- Astanakulov Baiyshbek Kahromanovich
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1912
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Кольцовка
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Elevation
- 1809
- Capital of
- Tong District
- Image
- Bokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan - panoramio (1).jpg
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- inception
- 1912-00-00
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- Bokonbayevo
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Population
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Bökönbai (, ) is a village in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. The village is named in honor of the well-known poet and playwright Joomart Bökönbayev. It is the seat of the Tong District and of the Kün-Chygysh village community. It was established as Kol'tsovka village in 1912. With a population of 14,267 (2021), it is the largest village on the south shore of lake Issyk Kul. Its industry declined after the collapse of the USSR. It is now a base for tourism into the mountains to the south. There are demonstrations of falconry with eagles. The road to the west to Balykchy goes through dry and less-attractive country.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bokonbayevo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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