Osh Region

Osh Region
  • Ош облусу (Kyrgyz)
  • Ошская область (Russian)
Region
From the top, View of Osh on Sulayman Mountain, Sulayman-Too Mosque in Osh, National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex
Flag of Osh Region
Coat of arms of Osh Region
Map of Kyrgyzstan, location of Osh Region highlighted
Map of Kyrgyzstan, location of Osh Region highlighted
Coordinates: 40°0′N 73°0′E / 40.000°N 73.000°E / 40.000; 73.000
Country Kyrgyzstan
CapitalOsh
Government
 • GovernorTaalaibek Sarybashev
Area
 • Total
28,934 km2 (11,171 sq mi)
Population
 (2023-01-01)[1]
 • Total
1,460,425
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (KGT)
ISO 3166 codeKG-O
Districts7
Cities3
Villages474

Osh Region[a] is a region of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh, which is not part of the region.[2] It is bounded (clockwise) by Jalal-Abad Region, Naryn Region, China (Xinjiang), Tajikistan (Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region), Batken Region, and Uzbekistan (Andijan and Fergana Regions). Its total area is 28,934 km2 (11,171 sq mi).[3] The resident population of the region was 1,391,649 as of January 2021.[1] The region has a sizeable Uzbek (28.0% in 2009) minority.[3]

  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.
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  3. ^ a b "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 12, 17, 51, 186.


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