Jeti-Ögüz village

This article is about the village. For other uses, see Jeti-Oguz.
Jeti-Ögüz
Жети-Өгүз (айыл)
village
Jeti-Ögüz is located in Kyrgyzstan
Jeti-Ögüz
Jeti-Ögüz
Coordinates: 42°N 78°E / 42°N 78°E / 42; 78
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionIssyk-Kul Region
DistrictJeti-Ögüz District
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
3,986
Seven Bulls rock formation near Jeti-Ögüz
Broken Heart rock
A waterfall in a gully in the mountains surrounding Jeti-Ögüz, frozen in the late fall

Jeti-Ögüz (Kyrgyz: Жети-Өгүз, romanized: Jeti-Ögüz, lit. 'seven bulls') is a village located at the north slope of Teskey Ala-Too mountain range near Issyk Kul in the Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 4,143 in 2021.[1]

In the mountains surrounding Jeti-Ögüz, with visible pine-tree plantations

History

The thermal springs of Jeti-Ögüz were known to local inhabitants since antiquity. The place became known to Europe after 1856 when Semenov-Tian-Shanskii first visited it. Since 1965 the resort operates year-round. In 1991, an important meeting between Boris Yeltsin and Askar Akayev took place in Jeti-Ögüz.

References

  1. ^ "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.


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