Kökjanggak
Kökjanggak Көкжаңгак | |
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Toun | |
  Kökjanggak Location in Kyrgyzstan | |
| Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 73°6′10″E / 41.04778°N 73.10278°E | |
| Kintra |  Kyrgyzstan |
| Province | Jalal-Abad Province |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.13 km2 (4.68 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 10,341 |
Kökjanggak (an aw Kok-Jangak or Kok-Dzhangak, Kyrgyz: Көкжаңгак, meanin in Kyrgyz "green walnut", pronounced [kœkd͡ʒɑɴɢɑ́q]) 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.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
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 railwey frae Jalal-Abad built. This resultit in rapid increase o the coal production. In 1943 Kökjanggak became a toun.[2]
Population[eedit | eedit soorce]
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.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Webpage of Kökjanggak at website of Association of Cities of KR". Archived frae the original on 22 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ↑ Киргизская ССР (in Russian). Gos. izdatel'stvo geograficheskoi literatury. 1956. Unknown parameter
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Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 73°06′10″E / 41.04778°N 73.10278°E