Ming-Kush

Ming-Kush
Миң-Куш
Ming-Kush is located in Kyrgyzstan
Ming-Kush
Ming-Kush
Coordinates: 41°40′48″N 74°27′36″E / 41.68000°N 74.46000°E / 41.68000; 74.46000
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionNaryn
DistrictJumgal
urban-type settlement1953
Elevation
2,260 m (7,410 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total3,647
Time zoneUTC+6

Ming-Kush (Kyrgyz: Миң-Куш, lit.'a thousand birds') is a village (urban-type settlement from 1953 until 2012[2]) in the Jumgal District of Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan.[3] Its population was 3,647 in 2021.[1] It is located in the narrow Ming-Kush Valley at the right bank of the river Ming-Kush, about 45 km (28 mi) south of Chaek. It is the site of a former uranium mine.

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 34–36.