Naryn Province

Coordinates: 41°30′N 75°30′E / 41.5°N 75.5°E / 41.5; 75.5

Naryn Province
Нарын областы Нарын область
Province
A mosque in Naryn
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Capital	Naryn
Highest point	5982 m
Area	45,200 km2 (17,452 sq mi)
Population	271,000 (2009)
Density	6 / km2 (16 / sq mi)
Governor	Omurbek Suvanaliev
ISO 3166-2	KG-N

Naryn Province (Kyrgyz: Нарын областы) is the largest province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Naryn. The province was established on November 21, 1939 as Tien-Shan Province. On December 20, 1962 the province was dissolved, but on December 11, 1970 re-established again. On October 5, 1988 it was unified with Issyk-Kul Province, and, finally, on December 14, 1990 it got back its present name: Naryn Province.^[1]

The main highway runs from the Chinese border at Torugart Pass north to Balykchy on Issyk Kul Lake. It is known as the location of Son-Kul Lake and Chatyr-Kul Lake and Tash Rabat.

Naryn countryside

The population of Naryn oblast is 99% Kyrgyz. The economy is dominated by animal herding (sheep, horses, yaks), with wool and meat as the main products. Mining of various minerals developed during the Soviet era has largely been abandoned as uneconomical. Today the oblast is considered to be the poorest region in the country, but also the most typically Kirgyz. It boasts beautiful mountains, alpine pastures and Son-Kul Lake which during summer months attracts large herds of sheep and horses with their herders and their yurts.

Basic Socio-Economic Indicators

• Population: 271,000 (assessment for 1 January 2009) including 17.4% - urban, and 82.6% - rural population^[2]
• Employed population: 89,300 (2008) ^[3]
• Registered Unemployed Population: 6,922 (2008)^[4]
• Export: 0.9 million US dollars (2008)^[5]
• Import: 4.0 million US dollars (2008) ^[6]
• Direct Foreign Investments: 1,1 million US dollars (in 2008)^[7]

Districts of Naryn

Naryn Province is divided administratively into 5 districts ^[8]

Horses grazing near Son-Kul

District	Capital
Ak-Talaa District	Baetov
At-Bashi District	At-Bashi
Jumgal District	Chaek
Kochkor District	Kochkor
Naryn District	Naryn

References

1. ^ Brief Description of Naryn Province (in Russian)
2. ^ National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian)
3. ^ National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian)
4. ^ National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian)
5. ^ National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian)
6. ^ National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian)
7. ^ National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian)
8. ^ Kyrgyzstan - Джалал-Абадская область

Laurnnce Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008