Place:Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan

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NameIssyk Kul
Alt namesIssyk-Kulsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 647
Ysyk-Kölsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Ysyk-Köl provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Located inKyrgyzstan
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ak-Terek
Ak-Tyuz
Ananjevo
Barskaun
Bokonbajevskoje
Boroldoy
Choktal
Cholpon-Ata
Chon-Sary-Oy
Džetyoguz
Grigor'yevka
Kadzhi-Say
Karakol ( 1850 - )
Karakolka
Karasaj
Kojsary
Kurmenty
Kyzyltu
Michajlova
Novorossijka
Orto-Tokoj
Ottuk
Pokrovka
Pristan Przhevalsk
Rybach'ye
Saru
Sem'onovka
T'up
Tamga
Toguzbulak
Toruaygr
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Issyk-Kul Region is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (north), Chüy Region (west), Naryn Region (southwest) and Xinjiang, China (southeast). It takes its name from Lake Issyk-Kul ("warm lake"), the world's second-largest high altitude lake. Its total area is . The resident population of the region was 501,933 as of January 2021. The region has a sizeable Russian (8.0% in 2009) minority.[1]

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