Kökjanggak

Kökjanggak Көкжаңгак
Toun
Kökjanggak Location in Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 73°6′10″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

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.

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.

External links

• Assessment o the Coal Resources o the Kyrgyz Republic