Place:Talas, Kyrgyzstan

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NameTalas
Alt namesTalassource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Located inKyrgyzstan
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Aral
Bud'onnyj
Groznoye
Kalininsk
Kenaral
Kirovskoye
Kl'učovka
Kum-Bel'
Kyrkkazyk
Leninpol
Majmak
Pokrovka
Talas
Talaškino
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Talas Region is a region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Talas.[1] It is bordered on the west and north by Jambyl Region of Kazakhstan, on the east by Chüy Region, on the south by Jalal-Abad Region and on the southwest by a finger of Uzbekistan. Its total area is . The resident population of the region was 270,994 as of January 2021. The historic Battle of Talas between the Abbasid Caliphate & the Tang dynasty was fought here, which culminated in an Abbasid victory and led to the Islamization of Central Asia.

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