Samarkandek
Kyrgyz: Самаркандек | |
|---|---|
  Samarkandek | |
| Coordinates: 39°59′40″N 70°32′20″E / 39.99444°N 70.53889°E | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Batken Region |
| District | Batken District |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 8,015 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 |
Samarkandek (Kyrgyz: Самаркандек, Russian: Самаркандык, romanized: Samarkandyk)[1] is a village in Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is the seat of the Samarkandek rural community (айыл аймагы, ayyl aymagy) within the Batken District.[2] Its population was 8,015 in 2021.[3]
Until 2013, the strategic road Batken-Isfana passed through Samarkandek. In 2013, ethnic conflict between enclave of Tajikistan, Vorukh and Samarkandyk led to mutual closing of borders. As Batken-Isfana road passed through Voruh also, government officials started to build a detouring road which would lay entirely in Kyrgyzstan borders. This latter event left Samarkandyk off the road.
- ^ Soviet military map J-42-05 (1:200,000)
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. p. 40.
- ^ "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.