Chuy Region

In 1926, the region became part of the newly established Kirghiz ASSR. During the Soviet period, various agro-processing and other industries were established throughout the province, giving rise to several urban centers such as Tokmok, Kant and Kara-Balta.

Chuy River valley

The main northwest part of the region is flat, a rarity in Kyrgyzstan. This is the valley of the Chu River. The valley's black soil is fertile and largely irrigated with water diverted from the Chu River. The region's Agricultural production includes wheat, maize, sugar beets, potatoes, lucerne, and various vegetables and fruits.

The Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountains form the southern border of the region and the northern border of the Talas Region. There are many hiking and trekking routes accessible from the towns in the valley. The southwestern heel of the region over the Kirgiz Alatau is geographically more like Naryn Region.

The northeast panhandle is the Chong Kemin Valley.

Looking up the Ala Archa river valley in the mountains south of Bishkek

The Chuy Region is divided administratively into one city of regional significance (Tokmok), and eight districts:[2][3][4][5]

District	Seat	Population (2009 Census)	Map
City of Tokmok	Tokmok	53,087
Alamüdün District	Lebedinovka	147,208
Chuy District	Tokmok	44,753
Jayyl District	Kara-Balta	90,348
Kemin District	Kemin	41,924
Moskva District	Belovodskoye	83,641
Panfilov District	Kayyngdy	39,837
Sokuluk District	Sokuluk	158,137
Ysyk-Ata District	Kant	131,503

Kant, Kara-Balta, Kayyngdy, Kemin, Orlovka and Shopokov are cities of district significance. There is one urban-type settlement in the region: Bordu (part of Kemin District).[2]

The Chuy District surrounds the city of Tokmok. The Alamüdün District surrounds the city of Bishkek, which however is not part of Chuy Region but a region-level administrative unit in its own right. The southwestern heel is administered as two exclaves of Jayyl and Panfilov Districts, Panfilov having a valley to the southeast and Jaiyl the mountains to the north, west and southwest.

Agricultural production includes wheat, maize, sugar beets, potatoes, lucerne, and various vegetables and fruits. There is little industry in the region.

The main east-west transportation axis of the region is the Taraz-Bishkek-Balykchy highway, running through most major cities of the region. This road's section west of Bishkek is part of European route E40, known locally as Highway M-39 (based on the old USSR highway numbering scheme). The same numbers apply to the road that continues north-east from Bishkek toward Almaty, crossing the Chuy River and leaving the region for Kazakhstan at Korday border crossing.

The only railway in the region runs along the same Taraz-Bishkek-Balykchy route; it sees comparatively little use these days.

Building an adobe brick house (Milyanfan)

• Employed population: 335,200 (2009) [6]
• Registered Unemployed Population: 6563 (in 2009)[6]
• Export: 294.3 million US dollars (2009)[6]
• Import: 202.5 million US dollars (2009) [6]
• Direct Foreign Investments (2009): 57 million US dollars[6]

The population of Chuy Region, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 790,438. The Region's estimated population was at 959,884 in the beginning of 2020.[1]

• Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyz-American terrorist responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing.

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  Burana Tower
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  Southern outskirts of Bishkek
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  In the Chuy Valley
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  A new mosque in Milianfan, Ysyk-Ata District
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  On the Kazakh border
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  The Chuy River near Korday

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