page_title: Jalal-Abad Region
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Jalal-Abad Region / Economy / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Animal bazaar in Kyzyl-Jar, Jalalabat, Kyrgyzstan. Кыргызча: Жалалабат обулусунда Аксы районунда Кызыл-Жар айылындагы мал базары.
context_page_description: Jalal-Abad Region, also known as Jalalabat, is a region of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jalal-Abad. It is surrounded by Talas Region, Chuy Region, Naryn Region, Osh Region, and Uzbekistan. Jalal-Abad Region was established on 21 November 1939. On 27 January 1959 it became a part of Osh Region, but regained its old status as a region on 14 December 1990. Jalal-Abad Region consist of 8 districts, and includes 5 towns, 8 urba-type settlements, and 415 villages
context_section_description: Wheat, fruit, vegetables, maize, nuts, tobacco, and silk-worm cocoons are grown in the region.  The region also has a few textile plants and hydroelectric stations.  Minerals, natural gas, coal, metals, and oil can be found here, notably around the town of Kochkor-Ata, which is home to small scale oil industry.  Most of the extraction of minerals, natural gas, coal, metals, and oil of the Soviet era has ceased.
  A pearl of the region is the Sary-Chelek Nature Reserve with Lake Sary-Chelek, surrounded by wild fruit orchards and snow-covered peaks.
  A few Soviet-era resorts offer mineral water treatment programs for people with various chronic diseases.  A number of companies have succeeded in trading bottled mineral water around the country and abroad.
  Except for the small fringes of the Fergana Valley, Jalal-Abad Region is a land of mountains.  
  There are unlimited trekking possibilities in the area, but the lack of infrastructure, except at Arslanbob, poses problems to visitors; a biodiversity conservation program supported by the government and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is working to protect these natural resources and promote soft tourism.
caption: Livestock market in Kyzyl-Jar, Jalal-Abad Region
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