# Ysyk-Ata District

Ysyk-Ata District (Kyrgyz: Ысык-Ата району, Russian: Ысык–Атинский район) is one of the eight districts of the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan with an area of 2,415 square kilometres (932 sq mi). The district's resident population was 154,340 in 2021. Since 1998, when the former Kant District was merged into Ysyk-Ata District, the administrative center of the district is the city of Kant. The district is located on the southern side of the river Chüy, about halfway between the national capital Bishkek and the former regional capital Tokmok.

## Air force base and school

In 1941, a Soviet Air Force base and pilot training school were set up in the district. During World War II, 1507 military pilots were trained there. Since 1956, the school trained foreign pilots; among its graduates were both the ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad.
In 1992, the air base was transferred to Kyrgyzstan authorities; since 2003 it hosts Russian Air Force units.

## Water erosion

The district authorities, as well as the residents of the riverside village of Milyanfan (Russian: Милянфан), are concerned with the river Chüy gradually washing away the district's land, as it shifts its course to the south and erodes its left (southern) bank.

## Demographics

As of 2009, Ysyk-Ata District included 1 town, and 58 villages in 18 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Its de facto population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 131,503, and de jure population 132,759. Some 21,762 people live in urban areas, and 109,741 in rural ones.

### Ethnic composition

According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition of Ysyk-Ata District (de jure population) was:
| Ethnic group | Population | Proportion of Kemin District population |
| Kyrgyzs | 62,620 | 47.2% |
| Russians | 28,000 | 21.1% |
| Dungans | 19,223 | 14.5% |
| Turks | 4,699 | 3.5% |
| Uygurs | 4,091 | 3.1% |
| Azerbaijanis | 3,486 | 2.6% |
| Germans | 1,524 | 1.1% |
| Ukrainians | 1,343 | 1.0% |
| Kazakhs | 1,317 | 1.0% |
| Tatars | 1,078 | 0.8% |
| Balkars | 611 | 0.5% |
| Koreans | 588 | 0.4% |
| Tadjiks | 383 | 0.3% |
| Kurds | 349 | 0.3% |
| Karachays | 182 | 0.1% |
| Bulgars | 108 | 0.1% |
| other groups | 950 | 0.7% |

## Populated places

In total, Ysyk-Ata District includes 1 town and 56 settlements in 18 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in Ysyk-Ata District are:
* city Kant
* Ak-Kuduk (seat: Kirov; incl. Ak-Kuduk, Kotovsky, Birinchi May and Khun Chi (partly))
* Birdik (seat: Birdik; incl. Khun Chi (partly))
* Internatsional (seat: Internatsional; incl. Jar-Bashy)
* Ivanovka (seat: Ivanovka)
* Jeek (seat: Dmitriyevka; incl. Gagarin and Jeek)
* Keng-Bulung (seat: Keng-Bulung; incl. Gidrostroitel, Druzhba and Cholpon)
* Kochkorbaev (seat: Kengesh; incl. Budennovka and Dokturbek Kurmanaliev)
* Krasnaya Rechka (seat: Krasnaya Rechka)
* Logvinenko (seat: Novopokrovka (partly); incl. Chong-Daly)
* Lyuksemburg (seat: Lyuksemburg; incl. Kirshelk)
* Milyanfan (seat: Milyanfan)
* Novopokrovka (seat: Novopokrovka (partly); incl. Lenin and Sary-Jon)
* Nurmanbet (seat: Nurmanbet; incl. Birinchi May and Aliaskar Toktonaliev)
* Syn-Tash (seat: Telman; incl. Ak-Say, Jetigen, Kyzyl-Aryk, Ötögön, Rot-Front, Sovet and Syn-Tash)
* Tuz (seat: Tuz; incl. Dayyrbek, Jayalma and Tömönkü Serafimovka)
* Uzun-Kyr (seat: Jer-Kazar; incl. Druzhba and Tömönkü Norus)
* Yuryevka (seat: Yuryevka; incl. Ysyk-Ata)
* Ysyk-Ata (seat: Almaluu; incl. Kebek-Biy, Jogorku-Ichke-Suu, Ichke-Suu, Karagay-Bulak, Norus, Tash-Bashat, Toguz-Bulak and Üch-Emchek)

## Notable people

* Kakish Ryskulova - first central asian woman to become a surgeon.