Talas Region

Talas Region (Kyrgyz: Талас областы) is a province (oblast) o Kyrgyzstan. Its caipital is Talas. It is bordered on the wast an north bi Jambyl Province o Kazakhstan, on the east bi Chui Province, on the sooth bi Jalal-Abad Province an on the soothwast bi a finger o Uzbekistan. It is basically a U-shaped valley open tae the wast. The northren mairch is defined bi the Kyrgyz Ala-Too, which an aa form the soothren mairch o Chuy Province. At the eastren end, the Talas Ala-Too Range splits aff an marks the soothren border. The Talas River flows throu the centre o the valley. The main hieway (A361) enters frae the east ower the Ötmök Pass (closed in winter) an goes doun the valley tae Taraz in Kazakhstan. Near the mooth o the valley at Kyzyl-Adyr, ane road goes north toward Taraz an the ither sooth ower the Kara-Buura Pass tae Jalal-Abad Province. Afore unthirldom maist tred links wur wi Taraz. The historic Battle o Talas occurred here.

 Basic Socio-Economic Indicators 

 Population: 219,800 (assessment for 1 Januar 2009) includin 16.3% - urban, an 83.7% - rural populationNational Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) 
 Employed population: 95,300 (2008) National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) 
 Registered Unemployed Population: 2,136 (2008)National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) 
 Export: 14.6 million US dollars (2008)National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) 
 Import: 193.3 million US dollars (2008) 
 Direct Foreign Investments: 30,4 million US dollars (in 2008)National Committee on Statistics (in Kyrgyz/Russian) 

 Districts o Talas 
Talas province is dividit admeenistratively intae 4 districts :

 District  CaipitalBakay-Ata District  Bakay-AtaKara-Buura District  Kyzyl-AdyrManas District  PokrovkaTalas District  Manas

 References 

Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan, Bradt Traivel Guides, 2008


Category:Regions o Kyrgyzstan