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Tong Тоң району
District
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Coordinates: 42°05′N 77°00′E / 42.083°N 77.000°E / 42.083; 77.000
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Issyk-Kul Region
Area
• Total	7,230 km (2,790 sq mi)
Population
• Total	53,401
• Density	7.4/km (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6

Tong (Kyrgyz: Тоң району, romanized: Tong rayonu) is a district of Issyk-Kul Region in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. The seat lies at Bökönbaev. Its area is 7,230 square kilometres (2,790 sq mi), and its resident population was 53,401 in 2021. Tong District borders Issyk-Kul District to the north-west, Jeti-Ögüz District to the south and south-east, Kochkor District to the south-west, Naryn District to the south, Kemin District to the north-west, and Issyk Kul - to the north.

Geography

The district is located between the southern shore of Issyk-Kul lake and Teskey Ala-Too Range and features natural passage from the depression to the west through the Boom Gorge. The foothills of the range are composed of Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits, and severely dissected by gullies, ravines and river valleys. The lake area extends with lakeside planes and river fans, sometimes interrupted by foothill ridges. Syrts stretch to the south of Teskey Ala-Too Range. Approximately 89% of the district is occupied by mountains, and 11% - by valleys. The hydrological conditions are dominated by Tong river, Ak-Sai river, Ak-Terek River, and Tuura-Suu.

Climate

An average temperature in January is -4°C in valleys, and -16°C in mountains. In July, an average temperature varies from +18°C in valleys, to +10°C in mountains. An absolute recorded temperature minimum is -30°. Average maximum temperatures are +30°C in valleys, and +15°C in mountains. Average yearly precipitation is 200-300 mm in valleys, and 300-400 mm in mountains. An average snow cover is up to 10 cm. Almost no snow cover was observed near Balykchy. The maximum wind reaches 45 m/s once in 20 years.

Population

Populated places

In total, Tong District includes 30 villages located in nine rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Tong District are:

1. Ak-Terek (seat: Kara-Koo; incl. Ala-Bash, Bar-Bulak, Döng-Talaa, Komsomol and Kyzyl-Tuu)
2. Bolot Mambetov (seat: Eshperov; incl. Ak-Say, Jer-Üy and Kök-Say)
3. Kajy-Say (seat: Kajy-Say)
4. Kök-Moynok (seat: Ak-Ölöng; incl. Kök-Moynok-1 and Kök-Moynok-2)
5. Köl-Tör (seat: Toguz-Bulak; incl. Köl-Tör and Kongur-Ölöng)
6. Kün-Chygysh (seat: Bökönbaev; incl. Archaly)
7. Tong (seat: Tong; incl. Kajy-Saz and Ak-Say)
8. Tört-Kül (seat: Tört-Kül, incl. Temir-Kanat and Tuura-Suu)
9. Ulakol (seat: Ottuk; incl. Kara-Talaa, Kara-Shaar, Tuura-Suu and Shor-Bulak)

Note: Balykchy is a town of regional significance of Issyk-Kul Region, and is not part of the Tong District.

References

1. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 14–15.
2. ^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Issyk-Kul Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 11, 16.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ Мониторинг, прогнозирование опасных процессов и явлений на территории Кыргызской Республики [Monitoring and Forecasting of Natural Hazards in Kyrgyz Republic] (PDF) (in Russian) (18th ed.). Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. p. 331. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
5. List of rural communities of Kyrgyzstan Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
6. Law 27 September 2012 No. 168 on the transformation of individual urban settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic and relating them to the category of village or city

v t e Districts (Raions) of Kyrgyzstan
North Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek City Birinchi May Lenin Oktyabr Sverdlov Chüy Region Alamüdün Chüy Jayyl Kemin Moskva Panfilov Sokuluk Ysyk-Ata City of Tokmok Issyk-Kul Region Ak-Suu Issyk-Kul Jeti-Ögüz Tong Tüp City of Balykchy City of Karakol Naryn Region Ak-Talaa At-Bashy Jumgal Kochkor Naryn City of Naryn Talas Region Bakay-Ata Kara-Buura Manas Talas City of Talas
South Kyrgyzstan	Osh City no districts Batken Region Batken Kadamjay Leylek City of Batken City of Kyzyl-Kyya City of Sülüktü Jalal-Abad Region Aksy Ala-Buka Bazar-Korgon Chatkal Nooken Suzak Toguz-Toro Toktogul City of Jalal-Abad City of Kara-Köl City of Mayluu-Suu City of Tash-Kömür Osh Region Alay Aravan Chong-Alay Kara-Kulja Kara-Suu Nookat Özgön

v t e Places adjacent to Tong District
Chüy District, Chüy Region Kemin District, Chüy Region Issyk-Kul District, Issyk-Kul Region Kochkor District, Naryn Region Tong District Jeti-Ögüz District, Issyk-Kul Region Naryn District, Naryn Region Naryn District, Naryn Region Jeti-Ögüz District, Issyk-Kul Region

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