Batken

Batken
Баткен
Flag of Batken
Official seal of Batken
Batken is located in Kyrgyzstan
Batken
Batken
Location in Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates: 40°4′N 70°49′E / 40.067°N 70.817°E / 40.067; 70.817
Country Kyrgyzstan
RegionBatken Region
Government
 • GubernatorSultanbay Ayjigitov
Area
 • City205 km2 (79 sq mi)
Elevation
1,042 m (3,419 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • City27,730
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
 • Urban
15,805
Time zoneUTC+6 (KGT)
Area code+996 3622

Batken (also called Batkent) is a town in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, on the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley. It is the administrative seat of Batken Region.[2] Since 2000, it is a city of regional significance, i.e. not part of a district.[3] However, it is still the administrative seat of Batken District.[2] Its area is 205 square kilometres (79 sq mi),[4] and its resident population was 27,730 in 2021 (both including the villages Bulak-Bashy, Kyzyl-Jol and Bazar-Bashy). The population of the town proper was 15,805.[1]

  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. ^ a b "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 39–40.
  3. ^ Law 18 February 2000 No. 42
  4. ^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 14, 17.