Ysyk-Ata District


Ysyk-Ata District is one of the eight districts of the Chuy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan with an area of. According to 2009 Census, the district's resident population was 132,759 in 2009, and estimated as 153,083 in 2020. The administrative center of the district is the city of Kant, and the district itself was known as Kant District in the past. The district is located on the southern side of the Chui River, about halfway between the national capital Bishkek and the former provincial capital Tokmok.

Air force base and school

In 1941, a Soviet Air Force base and pilot training school were set up in the district. During World War II, 1507 military pilots were trained there. Since 1956, the school trained foreign pilots; among its graduates were both the ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and the late Syrian president Hafez Assad.
In 1992, the air base was transferred to Kyrgyzstan authorities; since 2003 it hosts Russian Air Force units.

Water erosion

The district authorities, as well as the residents of the riverside village of Milianfan, are concerned with the River Chui gradually washing away the district's land, as it shifts its course to the south and erodes its left bank.

Demographics

As of 2009, Ysyk-Ata District included 1 town, and 58 villages in 18 rural communities. Its de facto population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 131,503, and de jure population 132,759. Some 21,762 people live in urban areas, and 109,741 in rural ones.

Ethnic composition

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of Ysyk-Ata District was:
Ethnic groupPopulationProportion of Kemin District population------------------------------------------------
Kyrgyzs47.2%
Russians21.1%
Dungans14.5%
Turks3.5%
Uygurs3.1%
Azerbaijanis2.6%
Germans1.1%
Ukrainians1.0%
Kazakhs1.0%
Tatars0.8%
Balkars0.5%
Koreans0.4%
Tadjiks0.3%
Kurds0.3%
Karachays0.1%
Bulgars0.1%
other groups0.7%

Populated places

In total, Ysyk-Ata District includes 1 town and 56 settlements in 18 rural communities. Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in Ysyk-Ata District are:
  1. city Kant
  2. Ak-Kuduk aiyl okmotu
  3. Birdik aiyl okmotu
  4. Ivanovka aiyl okmotu
  5. Jeek aiyl okmotu
  6. Internatsionalnyi aiyl okmotu
  7. Keng-Bulun aiyl okmotu
  8. Kochkorbaev aiyl okmotu
  9. Krasnorechenskiy aiyl okmotu
  10. Logvinenko aiyl okmotu
  11. Lyuksemburg aiyl okmotu
  12. Milyanfan aiyl okmotu
  13. Novopokrovka aiyl okmotu
  14. Nurmanbet aiyl okmotu
  15. Syn-Tash aiyl okmotu
  16. Tuz aiyl okmotu
  17. Uzun-Kyr aiyl okmotu
  18. Yurevka aiyl okmotu
  19. Ysyk-Ata aiyl okmotu