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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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- Instance of
- region of Kyrgyzstan
- Named after
- Issyk-Kul
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Located in
- Kyrgyzstan
- Capital
- Karakol
- Population
- 549800
- Area
- 43100
- Shares border with
- Xinjiang
- Image
- Bringing the sheep home, on the southern shore of Issyk-Kul (3968109583).jpg
- Licence plate code
- I / 09
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Issyk-Kul Region
- Commons category
- Issyk-Kul Region
- topic's main category
- Category:Issyk-Kul Region
- category for people born here
- Q8055166
- language used
- Russian
- inception
- 1939-11-21
- native label
- Ысык-Көл облусу
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Encyclopedic overview
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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