Jargylchak Game Reserve

Jargylchak Game Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Jargylchak Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Jargylchak Game Reserve
Location in Kyrgyzstan
Location Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates42°05′N 77°46′E / 42.083°N 77.767°E / 42.083; 77.767
Area23098 hectares
Established1990

Jargylchak Game Reserve (Kyrgyz: Жаргылчак зоологиялык (аң уулоочу) заказниги) is a specially protected area located in river basins of Chong Jargylchak and Kichi Jargylchak of Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan.[1] It was established in 1990 to conserve and reproduce game animals such as wild boar, Capreolus, wild goat, red deer, Turkestan lynx (Lynx lynx isabellinus), Himalayan brown bear, snow leopard, golden eagle, bearded vulture, and so on. The reserve's area is 23,098 hectares.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 86–91.
  2. ^ Постановление Совета Министров Киргизской ССР. О создании Джергалчакского и Кен-Суйского государственных зоологических (охотничьих) заказников в Иссык-Кульской области [On establishment of the Jargylchak and Keng-Suu State Zoological (Game) Reserves in Issyk-Kul Region] (Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Kirghiz SSR 187) (in Russian). June 20, 1990.


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