Üch-Korgon (original) (raw)

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Place in Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan

Üch-Korgon Kyrgyz: Үч-Коргон
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Coordinates: 40°13′48″N 72°03′36″E / 40.23000°N 72.06000°E / 40.23000; 72.06000
Country Kyrgyzstan
Region Batken Region
District Kadamjay District
Elevation 1,025 m (3,363 ft)
Population (2021)[1]
• Total 14,708
Time zone UTC+6

Üch-Korgon (Kyrgyz: Үч-Коргон [ʏ́tɕʰ qɔrʁɔ́n]; Russian: Уч-Коргон), is a large village in Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kadamjay District.[2] With the population of 14,708 (2021), it is the largest village in the region.[1] Under Soviet rule the village was named Molotovabad.

There is a river named Isfayram Soy. Isfayram Soy gives its water to the residents of Üch-Korgon, Kyzyl-Kiya and to other villages around Üch-Korgon and flows further to Quvasoy, a town in Uzbekistan. There are 11 schools in Üch-Korgon such as A.S. Pushkin, Ayniy, Jomiy, etc. Most of the population in Üch-Korgon is involved in growing and selling/exporting cherries, pears and tobacco leaves. Cherries of Üch-Korgon, known as "third type cherry," are the most popular and are claimed to be the largest in the world. Cherries ripen late May and early June.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a.
2009 11,820 —
2021 14,708 +1.84%
Note: resident population; Sources:[3][1]
  1. ^ a b c "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 42–46.
  3. ^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 210.