Kökjanggak
| Kökjanggak Көкжаңгак |
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| — Toun — | |
  Kökjanggak
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| Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 73°6′10″E / 41.04778°N 73.10278°E | |
| Kintra |  Kyrgyzstan |
| Province | Jalal-Abad Province |
| Aurie[1] | |
| - Tot | 12.13 km2 (4.7 sq mi) |
| Heichest elevation | 1,450 m (4,757 ft) |
| Laichest elevation | 1,200 m (3,937 ft) |
| Indwallers (2004) | |
| - Tot | 10,341 |
Kökjanggak (an aw Kok-Jangak or Kok-Dzhangak, Kyrgyz: Көкжаңгак, meanin in Kyrgyz "green walnut", Template:IPA-ky) is a toun o aboot 10,000 in the Suzak Destrict o the Jalal-Abad Province o wastren Kyrgyzstan, locatit at a distance o aboot 35 km o the regional centre ceety Jalal-Abad.
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[edit] History
Kökjanggak oreeginatit as a coal-minin settlement in the beginnin o 20t century. The upper strata o coal o Kok-Jangak coal deposit hae been mined on a sma-scale till the October Revolution. Durin the Roushie Ceevil War the mine wis destroyed bi basmachi an extraction wis suspendit. Durin the First Five-Year Plan new drift mines wur developed an access railroad frae Jalal-Abad built. This resultit in rapid increase o the coal production. In 1943 Kökjanggak became a toun.[2]
[edit] Population
The population o Kökjanggak wis 10,341 in 2004 includin 8,400 - Kyrgyz, 640 - Uzbek, 540 - Roushie, 210 - Tatar, 140 - Kazakh, an 411 - ither naitionalities.
[edit] References
- ↑ Webpage of Kökjanggak at website of Association of Cities of KR
- ↑ (1956) Киргизская ССР (in Russian). Gos. izdatel'stvo geograficheskoi literatury.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 73°06′10″E / 41.04778°N 73.10278°E
