List of settlements in Irad

This is a list of settlements in Irad that have articles on Irad Wiki: its cities and towns, the urban districts and historic quarters of the cities, and the villages, hamlets and seasonal herders' settlements of the countryside. It lists 109 places. Villages in the Irad Special Economic Zone (ISEZ) are grouped by district, and those in the Autonomous Tribal Regions (ATR) by the planning zones used by the United Nations Mission in Irad and in most maps of the tribal side of the Qara-Chik Demarcation Line. Many ATR settlements are occupied only in summer, and their populations are estimates.^[1]^[2]

Cities and towns

Aulie-Ata: town in Kara-Buura District (ISEZ), on the Talas where the river leaves the lower Talas valley for the plain to the north
Bazar-Korgon: market town on the northern rim of the Fergana Valley, in Lower Naryn District (ISEZ)
Iyık Janyl: third-largest city of Irad and the religious center of the Syro-Iradi Catholic Church
Kara-Bulak: market town in Talas District (ISEZ), in the middle Talas valley about 35 kilometers west of Talas
Kyzyl-Adyr: town in the lower Talas valley and the administrative center of Kara-Buura District (ISEZ)
Mailuu-Suu: town in southern Irad, in the foothills of the Fergana Range above the northern edge of the Fergana Valley
Nurzhan: second-largest city of Irad and the center of its oil, refining and engineering industries
Talas: de jure capital and largest city of Irad
Tash-Kömür: coal-mining town on the Naryn River in southern Irad, and the administrative center of Lower Naryn District (ISEZ)
Toktogul (town): market town on the northern shore of the Toktogul Reservoir on the Naryn River and the administrative center of Toktogul District (ISEZ)

Urban districts and quarters

Bazar-i Kalan: covered central market of Talas and the market quarter around it, on the eastern edge of the Old Talas Citadel Quarter
Dastgoh District: urban district of Nurzhan, in the Irad Special Economic Zone (ISEZ)
Navbahor District: residential urban district of Nurzhan, in the Irad Special Economic Zone (ISEZ)
NurGaz Worker Housing Complex: residential estate in the northern part of Nurzhan built by NurGaz and the Bekzatov Foundation for oil and refinery workers
Old Talas Citadel Quarter: historic core of Talas, the de jure capital of Irad
Semiz: district in the western corridor of Talas, about 9 km west of the city center
Shahr-i Kabud: historic quarter of Talas, north of the Old Talas Citadel Quarter, on the low ground between the old town and the Talas River
Shahr-i Khunuk: historic quarter of Iyık Janyl, on a bluff above the east bank of the Naryn on the upstream (north-east) side of the city

Villages of the ISEZ

Chu District

Aral: village on a strip of land between two channels of the Chu west of Nurzhan
Besh-Moinok: village on the northern edge of the irrigated land north-west of Nurzhan, where the farmland meets the Moiynkum sands
Besh-Terek: village in the irrigated lowlands near the Chu about 6 kilometers south of Nurzhan
Jon-Aryk: village on the lower Chu plain about 13 kilometers south-south-west of Nurzhan
Kök-Döbö: village on a low hill on the southern side of the Chu lowlands, south-east of Nurzhan
Kum-Aryk: village about 10 kilometers south-east of Nurzhan, beyond the city's eastern industrial zone
Sary-Döbö: village around the ruined fort of Diz-i Zard in the lower Chu valley
Shaar-Döbö: village about 15 kilometers west-north-west of Nurzhan, beside the archaeological site of Shahr-i Buzurg
Shahr-i Nav: village north of Nurzhan
Temirchi: village about 15 kilometers north of Nurzhan
Uch-Emchek: village about 7 kilometers west-south-west of Nurzhan, named after three rounded hillocks beside it

Kara-Buura District

Ak-Döbö: village in the lower Talas valley
Bakyyan: village in the lower Talas valley about eight kilometers east of Kyzyl-Adyr
Chet-Bulak: village on the northern side of the lower Talas valley
Eski-Korgon: village on the old road down the lower Talas valley toward the Kazakh border
Taldy-Suu: village on a side channel of the Talas River in the lower Talas valley

Lower Naryn District

Altyn-Bulak: village in the foothills about 5 kilometers north-north-west of Iyık Janyl and 12 kilometers north of Tash-Kömür
Bulak-Bashy: village on the Naryn about 10 kilometers above Iyık Janyl
Jyluu-Bulak: village in a side valley of the Naryn above Tash-Kömür
Kapka-Tash: village below Tash-Kömür on the road toward the border with Uzbekistan
Korgoncho: Uzbek-speaking village on the northern rim of the Fergana Valley, east of Tash-Kömür
Sopol-Tepa: Uzbek-speaking village on the northern rim of the Fergana Valley, near Bazar-Korgon

Sary-Bulak District

Ak-Bulak: village south of Talas, in the upper valley of the Urmaral on the Sary-Bulak rail spur
Sary-Bulak: mining village in the Sary-Bulak Gorge in the foothills of the Talas Alatau, about 20 kilometers south-south-west of Talas
Tunuk-Bulak: village in the limestone foothills of the Talas Alatau about 23 kilometers south-south-west of Talas
Uuk-Bulak: village in the foothills south-west of Talas along the Chatkal road

Talas District

Ak-Terek: village in the southern foothills of the Talas valley
Almaluu: village in the southern foothills of the Talas valley east of the capital
Cholpon-Bulak: village on the northern side of the Talas valley, where the foothills of the Kyrgyz Range meet the valley floor
Jangy-Jol: village on the southern side of the Talas valley west of the capital
Kalba: village on the road from Talas to Kara-Oi and the headquarters of the United Nations Mission in Irad
Kök-Oi: village at the mouth of the Besh-Tash valley about 20 kilometers south of Talas
Köpürö-Bazar: village at a road bridge over the Talas about 10 kilometers west of the capital, beside Semiz; Soviet maps call it Keng-Aral
Kümüshtü: village in the upper Talas valley, and the nearest village to the archaeological site of Shelji
Ming-Örük: village at its western end, on the alluvial fan where the Kenkol River leaves the Talas Alatau for the western Talas valley
Orto-Ayyl: village in the upper Talas valley, near the mouth of the Otmek valley
Sabz-Kand: village in the foothills east of Talas
Sarymsakty: village in the middle Talas valley east of Talas
Shagyldy: village on the stony fan of a dry ravine (sai) on the northern side of the Talas valley
Tegirmen: village at the confluence of the Urmaral and the Talas, west of the capital
Teskey-Jar: village on a loess terrace above the gorge of the upper Talas

Toktogul District

Jele-Döbö: village on the northern shore of the Toktogul Reservoir
Kara-Say: village at about 1,900 meters in the foothills of the Fergana Range above the eastern end of the Toktogul basin

Villages and seasonal settlements of the ATR

Chatkal Highlands planning zone

Archaly: village in a forested side valley of the Chatkal
Bel-Aldy: hamlet at the foot of the bridle paths that cross the Chatkal range to the northern Fergana Valley
Besh-Köl: summer camp of herders at about 2,860 meters in the upper Chatkal range
Boz-Adyr: village in the loess foothills (adyr) of the northern Fergana Valley, west of the Naryn
Jashyl-Köl: seasonal settlement at about 1,530 meters in the valley below a moraine-dammed lake of the same name
Kanysh-Kiya: largest village of the upper Chatkal valley
Kara-Jygach: village on the southern slopes of the Chatkal range above the Fergana Valley
Kök-Jar: village in the upper Chatkal valley
Kyzyl-Bel: hamlet in the upper Chatkal valley, at the foot of the Kyzyl-Bel Pass
Muz-Tör: hamlet below the glaciated crest of the Chatkal range
Teke-Tash: village at about 2,550 meters on the southern slopes of the Talas Alatau, above the Chatkal valley
Terek-Sai: mining village in the Chatkal valley

Fergana Rim planning zone

Arslanbob: village and forest area in southern Irad, on the southwestern slopes of the Babash-Ata ridge, a spur of the Fergana Range
Jangak-Bulak: village on the southern slopes of the Fergana Range, west of Arslanbob
Örüktü: village on the northern rim of the Fergana Valley

Karatau planning zone

Ak-Jar: village near the Kazakh border on the semi-desert western edge of Irad
Bazar-Terek: village in the Karatau foothills, where tracks from the winter pastures of the Kyzylkum Fringe meet the road to the Talas valley
Bitik-Tash: village in the Karatau foothills
Hauzdy: hamlet in the Karatau foothills west of the Talas valley, beside the ruined caravanserai of Rabat-i Kamal
Kök-Say: village in a limestone gorge of the Karatau
Kyzyl-Döbö: village at the foot of red sandstone cliffs in the Karatau foothills
Sasyk-Bulak: village at the foot of the Karakyr Range on the western edge of Irad
Tar-Say: hamlet in the Karatau foothills of western Irad, at the mouth of one of the canyons of Kök-Moinok
Tuzduu: village on the edge of the Kulan-Talaa plain in western Irad

Kyrgyz Range–Suusamyr planning zone

Ak-Kyya: summer settlement in the Suusamyr valley
Karakol: high village in the upper Western Karakol valley, on the eastern side of the Talas Alatau near the Suusamyr valley
Otmek: weather station and hamlet below the Otmek Pass (3,330 m), on the old road from the Talas valley into the Suusamyr valley
Toguz-Bulak: village at the foot of the southern approach to the Kök-Bel Pass on the road between the Talas valley and the Chu lowlands

Northern Steppe planning zone

Ak-Chiy: village in the southern Moiynkum sands, about 105 kilometers west of Nurzhan
Ak-Jal: village on the southern edge of the Betpak-Dala steppe
Kaiyrma: village on the lower Chu below the irrigated zone
Kamyshtuu: hamlet on the lower Chu about 55 kilometers north-north-west of Nurzhan, beyond the northern edge of the irrigated lowlands
Tash-Kuduk: hamlet in the southern Moiynkum sands
Töö-Kuduk: hamlet at a well in the western Moiynkum sands
Tört-Kuduk: village on the southern edge of the Betpak-Dala
Zhalgyz-Terek: hamlet in the Moiynkum sands

Talas Alatau planning zone

Ak-Tash: village in the western foothills of the Talas Alatau above the lower Talas valley
Chong-Kapka: village at about 2,190 meters in the upper Kara-Suu valley on the northern slopes of the Talas Alatau
Kara-Kungey: village on the south-facing side of a valley in the northern Talas Alatau
Kashka-Jol: hamlet in the middle Kara-Buura valley, on the old pack route over the Talas Alatau to the Chatkal valley
Kosh-Döbö: seasonal settlement of herders' camps at about 2,460 meters below the Aksay Plateau, on the track up to the plateau
Kyrk-Bulak: village in the limestone foothills of the western Talas Alatau, south of the Kara-Buura District
Kyrk-Choro: village at about 1,650 meters on the floor of a valley below the northern face of Manas Peak

Toktogul–Naryn planning zone

Dary-Bulak: summer encampment on the high pastures of the Fergana Range
Kara-Jylga: village at the head of a side valley north of the Toktogul Reservoir
Kosh-Bel: hamlet at about 2,400 meters on the migration route from the Toktogul basin to the summer pastures of the Fergana Range
Ozgörüsh: village on the lower Uzun-Akmat River just above where it enters the Toktogul Reservoir
Tash-Köröö: village in a side valley above the Toktogul Reservoir

References

^ State Archives of Irad (Talas). Gazetteer of Settlements of the Territory of Irad (1994; revised 2011). Talas.
^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2023). Planning Zones of the Autonomous Tribal Regions: Settlements and Seasonal Camps. Talas.