Suzak

For other uses, see Suzak (disambiguation).
Suzak
Сузак
Village
Suzak is located in Kyrgyzstan
Suzak
Suzak
Location in Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates: 40°53′53″N 72°54′17″E / 40.89806°N 72.90472°E / 40.89806; 72.90472
Country Kyrgyzstan
RegionJalal-Abad Region
DistrictSuzak District
First mention1874
Elevation
695 m (2,280 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
30,534
Time zoneUTC+6 (KGT)
Postal code
721300[2]
Area code+996 3748

Suzak (Kyrgyz: Сузак; Uzbek: Suzoq / Сузоқ) is a village in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 30,534 in 2021.[1] It is the administrative seat of Suzak District.[3]

History

The first mention of Suzak village is known from a map of Eugene Schuyler "Map of the Khanates of Bukhara, Khiva, and Kokand and Part of Russian Turkestan" of 1875.[4]

In 1998 a catastrophic flood of the river Kögart destroyed around 1,000 dwellings in Suzak.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
200924,049—    
202130,534+2.01%
Note: resident population; Sources:[1][5]

Elections in Suzak

Suzak, in addition, has anomalously high "Against All" voter turnout. Yet most anomalous are the results from Kara-Suu and Suzak both. These districts are not urban, being most rural, and are located along the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border. Because these areas lack significant population, widespread higher education, or any notable Russian populations, it appears that "the established explanatory model fails to fully account for what happened in these two areas. Instead of demographic characteristics, we must instead take into account the recent political history in order to understand why the people in Kara-Suu and Suzak might have voted in such high numbers 'against all.'".[6]

References

  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. ^ Почтовы индекс с. Сузак
  3. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 24–28.
  4. ^ "Map of the Khanates of Bukhara, Khiva, and Khokand and Part of Russian Turkistan".
  5. ^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Jalal-Abad Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 322.
  6. ^ ""Against All": Protest Voting in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan - GeoHistory". 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2022-04-19.


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