Kök-Yangak

Kok-Yangak
Көк-Жаңгак
Kok-Yangak

Location in Kyrgyzstan

Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 73°6′10″E / 41.04778°N 73.10278°E / 41.04778; 73.10278
Country Kyrgyzstan
Region Jalal-Abad Region
Established 1943
Area[1]
  Total 12.13 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Highest elevation 1,450 m (4,760 ft)
Lowest elevation 1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population (2009)
  Total 10,451

Kok-Yangak (also Kok-Dzhangak, Kyrgyz: Көк-жаңгак, meaning "green walnut" in Kyrgyz and Uzbek) is a town of about 10,000 in the Suzak District of Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan, located at a distance of about 29 km from the regional centre city Jalal-Abad.

History

Kok-Yangak originated as a coal-mining settlement in 1910. The upper strata of coal of the Kok-Yangak coal deposit were mined on a small scale until the October Revolution. During the Civil War in Russia the mine was destroyed by basmachi and extraction was suspended. During the First Five-Year Plan new drift mines were developed and an access railroad from Jalal-Abad was built in 1931, resulting in a rapid increase in coal production. In 1943 Kok-Yangak became a town.[2]

Population

The population of Kok-Yangak was 10,341 in 2004; including 8,400 - Kyrgyz, 640 - Uzbek, 540 - Russian, 210 - Tatar, 140 - Kazakh, and 411 - other nationalities.

References

  1. Webpage of Kökjanggak at website of Association of Cities of KR
  2. Киргизская ССР [Kyrgyz SSR] (in Russian). Gos. izdatel'stvo geograficheskoi literatury. 1956.

Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 73°06′10″E / 41.04778°N 73.10278°E / 41.04778; 73.10278

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