Kochkor

{{Infobox settlement

| image_skyline = Kochkor Naryn region.jpg

| name = Kochkor

| native_name = {{Langx|ky|Кочкор}}

| native_name_lang = ky

| pushpin_map = Kyrgyzstan

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Kyrgyzstan

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Naryn Region

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Kochkor District

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| established_title = Stolypino

| established_date = 1909

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| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 11373

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| utc_offset = +6

| coordinates = {{coord|42|12|57|N|75|45|20|E|region:KG|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 1767

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Kochkor ({{langx|ky|Кочкор}}; {{langx|ru|Кочкорка|Kochkorka}}) is a large village in northern Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is the administrative centre of Kochkor District.{{cite web|url=https://stat.gov.kg/media/files/21f93e4d-9418-433e-aed9-ecb28d70ef5a.doc|title=Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic|language=ky|date=May 2021|publisher=National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic|pages=36–37}} The village was established in 1909 as Stolypino and renamed to Kochkor in 1917.{{cite book|script-title=ru:Иссык-Куль. Нарын:Энциклопедия|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Issyk-Kul and Naryn Oblasts|publisher=Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia|language= ru|location=Bishkek |year=1991|isbn=5-89750-009-6|pages=512}} Altitude 1,800 m. Its population was 11,373 in 2021.{{cite Kyrgyzstan population 2021}} It is on the main A365 highway from Torugart Pass (China) north to Bishkek. About 7 km west A367 branches west toward Jalal-Abad Region and the Ferghana Valley. About 25 km northeast along the highway is the Orto-Tokoy reservoir and about 45 km northeast is Balykchy on Lake Issyk-Kul. The village is a base for excursions into the high country and tourist infrastructure is fairly well developed. There is a regional museum.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|percentages = pagr

|2009|9863

|2021|11373

|footnote= Note: resident population; Sources:{{cite Kyrgyzstan census 2009|Naryn|175}}

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Notable people

  • Turdakun Usubalijev, Soviet-era Kyrgyz politician and secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan.

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