page_title: Sulukta
section_title: Colleges and universities
hierarchical_section_title: Sulukta / Education / Colleges and universities
caption_attribution_description: English: The building of the Sulyukta Institute of Humanities and Economics. It's a branch of the Batken State University.
context_page_description: Sulukta or Sülüktü is a small town located at the extreme western end of Batken Region in southern Kyrgyzstan. Sulukta is situated at the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley in a region surrounded on three sides by Tajikistan.
  The word "sulukta" is believed to have come from the Turkic word "suluk" or "zuluk" which means a "leech". According to this view, the waters of present-day Sulukta had leeches and therefore people called the place "suluktu" which literally means "containing leeches." Sulukta is one of Central Asia's oldest coal extraction sites. The first industrial coal mine of Sulukta was opened in 1868. Sulukta was made into a town in 1940. Sulukta is the first town in Kyrgyzstan where Soviet rule was established.
  Sulukta is directly subordinated to Batken Oblast. In other words, it is not part of any district. The urban-type settlement of Koshbulak and the Village of Koltso are also governed by the Sulukta Town Council. According to the 2009 Population and Housing Census of Kyrgyzstan, in 2009 the population of Sulukta itself was 13,378 and the combined population of Sulukta and the subordinated villages was 20,725. Its area is 18 square kilometres.
context_section_description: Sulukta is home to three institutes of higher education. The largest of these is the Sulukta Institute of Humanities and Economics, SIHE (Russian: Сулюктинский гуманитарно-экономический институт, СГЭИ). This institute is a branch of the Batken State University, BSU (Russian: Баткенский Государственный Университет, БатГУ). In addition, Sulukta is home to the Sulukta Engineering and Economics School (Russian: Сулюктинский инженерно-экономический центр Баткенского Государственного Университета) and Sulukta Pedagogical College (Russian: Сулюктинское педагогическое училище Баткенского Государственного Университета), both of which are branches of the BSU.
  Sulukta is also home to Vocational School No. 73 which trains seamstresses, carpenters, electricians, and drivers.
caption: Sulukta Institute of Humanities and Economics
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