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Issyk-Kul Region is an area in Kyrgyzstan, a country in Central Asia. It is notable as the location of Issyk-Kul, one of the world's largest mountain lakes, which makes it an important geographic and cultural feature of the country.
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Issyk-Kul is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kazakhstan to the north, Chüy Region to the west, Naryn Region to the southwest, and Xinjiang, China to the southeast. It takes its name from Lake Issyk-Kul, the world's second-largest high altitude lake. Its total area is 43,735 km (16,886 sq mi). The resident population of the region was 501,933 as of January 2021. The region has a sizeable Russian (8.0% in 2009) minority.
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