Şekaftar
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Shekaftar () is a village in the south of Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. It is part of Chatkal District. Its population was 2,217 in 2021. It lies about from the border with Uzbekistan. A uranium mine was located in Shekaftar between 1946 and 1968; the mine was operated by the Sumsar company from 1958 until its deactivation. In 1997, it was reported that a total of eight radioactive waste dumps had been made near Shekaftar.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Located in
- Chatkal District
- Elevation
- 1082
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
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- postal code
- 721705
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Shekaftar () is a village in the south of Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. It is part of Chatkal District. Its population was 2,217 in 2021. It lies about from the border with Uzbekistan. A uranium mine was located in Shekaftar between 1946 and 1968; the mine was operated by the Sumsar company from 1958 until its deactivation. In 1997, it was reported that a total of eight radioactive waste dumps had been made near Shekaftar.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Şekaftar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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