Osh Region

Osh Province (, ) is a province (oblast) o Kyrgyzstan. Its caipital is Osh. It is boondit bi (clockwise) Jalal-Abad Province, Naryn Province, Xinjiang, Cheenae, Tajikistan, Batken Province an Uzbekistan.

 Geography an population 

Maist o the population lives in the flat northren pairt o the Oblast, on the edge o the Ferghana Valley.  The land gradually rises soothward tae the crest o the Alay Muntains, drops intae the Alay Valley an rises tae the Trans-Alai  Range which forms the border wi Tajikistan. In the east, the land rises tae the Ferghana Range which is roughly parallel tae the Naryn border. This aurie is drained bi the Kara Darya which flows northwast tae join the Naryn River tae form the Syr Darya in the Ferghana Valley.

Hieway M41 goes sooth ower the muntains frae Osh tae the Tajik border.  At Sary-Tash a branch goes east tae the Cheenese border crossin at Irkeshtam.  The ither main road goes wast through the flat kintra tae Batken Province.

Mair nor hauf o aw Kyrgyzstan's Uzbeks live in Osh Province. They are 33% o the provincial population as opposed tae 14,5% in Kyrgyzstan as a whole. 

 Destricts o Osh 
Osh province is dividit administratively intae 7 districts (leetit coonter-clockwise):
 District  Caipital  Location Uzgen Destrict  Uzgen  North1 Kara-Suu Destrict  Kara-Suu  North2 Aravan Destrict  Aravan North3 Nookat Destrict  Eski-Nookat  Wast Chong-Alay Destrict  Daroot-Korgon  SoothwastAlay Destrict  Gulcha  Sootheast Kara-Kulja Destrict  Kara-Kulja  East

 Enclaves an exclaves 
Kyrgyzstan's ae exclave athin Uzbekistan is administratively pairt o Osh Province (Kara-Suu District). This is the sma village o Barak (population 627) in the Fergana valley, locatit on the road frae Osh (Kyrgyzstan) tae Khodjaabad (Uzbekistan) aboot 4 km north-wast frae the Kyrgyz–Uzbek border in the direction o Andijan.Map showing the location of the Kyrgyz exclave Barak. Retrieved on 2 May 2009

 References 

Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008


Category:Regions o Kyrgyzstan