Sülüktü
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Sülüktü, also spelled Sulukta or Suliukta (; ; ) is a town located at the extreme western end of Batken Region in southern Kyrgyzstan. Sülüktü is situated at the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley in a region surrounded on three sides by Tajikistan.
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Place details
- Locality
- Сүлүктү шаары
- Region
- Баткен облусу
- Country
- Кыргызстан
- Population
- 15,019
- Timezone
- Asia/Bishkek
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sülüktü
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name
- Сүлүктү
- Settlement.other_name
- Sulukta
- Settlement.image_skyline
- The Sulyukta Sign.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The sign in the western corner of Sülüktü
- Settlement.image_seal
- Coat of arms of Suluktu.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Batken
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1868
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Сүлүктү
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Located in
- Osh Region
- Population
- 13378
- Area
- 18
- Elevation
- 1380
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Image
- The Sulyukta Sign.JPG
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- Commons category
- Sulukta
- postal code
- 720500
- inception
- 1868-00-00
- native label
- Сүлүктү
- P12749
- AC Cesena
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Population
- Economy
- Coal mining
- Government
- Education
- Schools
- Colleges and universities
- Culture
- Transportation
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- External links
Sülüktü, also spelled Sulukta or Suliukta (; ; ) is a town located at the extreme western end of Batken Region in southern Kyrgyzstan. Sülüktü is situated at the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley in a region surrounded on three sides by Tajikistan.
The word "sülüktü" is believed to have come from the Turkic word "suluk" or "zuluk" which means a "leech". According to this view, the waters of present-day Sülüktü had leeches and therefore people called the place "suluktu" which literally means "containing leeches." Sülüktü is one of Central Asia's oldest coal extraction sites. The first industrial coal mine of Sülüktü was opened in 1868. Sülüktü was made into a town in 1940. Sülüktü is the first town in Kyrgyzstan where Soviet rule was established.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sülüktü” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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