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Osh Region

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Osh Region

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Also known as Osh Province, Osh Oblast

region of Kyrgyzstan

AI overview

Osh Region is an administrative division in southern Kyrgyzstan that serves as an important cultural and economic center for the country. It matters because it contains the historic city of Osh, a major trade hub in Central Asia with significant historical and religious importance.

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Encyclopedic overview

Osh is a region of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh, which is not part of the region. It is bounded (clockwise) by Jalal-Abad Region, Naryn Region, China (Xinjiang), Tajikistan (Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region), Batken Region, and Uzbekistan (Andijan and Fergana Regions). Its total area is 28,934 km (11,171 sq mi). The resident population of the region was 1,391,649 as of January 2021. According to the 2009 census, 28% of the total population are ethnic Uzbeks.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osh Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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