Kara-Balta
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Kara-Balta (; Dungan, Russian and ; ) is a city and municipality on the Kara-Balta River, in Chüy Region, in northern Kyrgyzstan, the capital of Jayyl District. Its population was 48,278 in 2021.
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- Locality
- Кара-Балта
- Region
- Чүй облусу
- Country
- Кыргызстан
- Population
- 48,278
- Timezone
- Asia/Bishkek
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kara-Balta
- Settlement.native_name
- Кара-Балта
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- Flag of Kara-Balta.svg
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- Coat of arms of Kara-Balta.svg
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- Kyrgyzstan
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- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
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- Location in Kyrgyzstan
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chüy Region
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jayyl District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 48278
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +6
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 2588
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Kara-Balta (; Dungan, Russian and ; ) is a city and municipality on the Kara-Balta River, in Chüy Region, in northern Kyrgyzstan, the capital of Jayyl District. Its population was 48,278 in 2021.
Kara-Balta is located on the northern slopes of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too, in the western part of Chüy Region, west of the capital of Bishkek. The road continues west through Kaindy toward Taraz, Kazakhstan. Another road goes south through the Töö-Ashuu Pass and then splits, one branch going west to Talas Province and the other south and then east through the Suusamyr valley to Balykchy on Lake Issyk Kul. It has a temperate climate. The terrain is flat, with a slight slope downwards from the south to the north. As one drives from Bishkek and enters Kara-Balta by the main road, a large monument of Jayil Baatir - one of the city's main attractions - greets the driver on the right-hand side.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kara-Balta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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