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Sary-Tash
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left|thumb|Houses in Sary Tash Sary-Tash () is a village and major crossroads in the Alay Valley of Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 2,337 in 2021. Until 2012 it was an urban-type settlement. Nearby towns and villages to the north include Ak-Bosogo () and Chagyr ().

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Place details

Locality
Сары-Таш
Region
Ош облусу
Country
Кыргызстан
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Sary-Tash
Settlement.native_name_lang
ky
Settlement.image_skyline
Sary Tash, Kirghizstan.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Sary Tash village with the Pamir Mountains
Settlement.pushpin_map
Kyrgyzstan
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Kyrgyzstan
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Osh Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Alay District
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1950
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
3170
Settlement.population_total
2337
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Population
  • History
  • Climate
  • Notes
  • External links

left|thumb|Houses in Sary Tash Sary-Tash () is a village and major crossroads in the Alay Valley of Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 2,337 in 2021. Until 2012 it was an urban-type settlement. Nearby towns and villages to the north include Ak-Bosogo () and Chagyr ().

Although this remote village has only some shop-cafes, a petrol station and five guest houses (March 2016), it is an important road junction connecting China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Its name is derived from Turkic roots and means "yellow-stone".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sary-Tash” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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