City

Kyzyl-Kiya

Territory type: City
Elevation: 1060 m

Territory notes

The field account

Kyzyl-Kiya is a city of the Oblast of Batken founded in 1898 by the armies of the tsar for the exploitation of coal, it takes the status of city in 1938. The name means "Red Road" referring to the color of the mountains relatives. Its population is over 50,000 inhabitants. It is 150 km from Batken and 86 km from Osh. The city has no particular attraction but is located at the entrance of a long valley called Isfayram which leads to the peaks of Petit Alay.

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Where it sits

The map marks an orientation point for this territory; it does not describe its boundary.

Geographic index

Within this territory

1 destinations in the catalogue

Sights and natural places

Sarkent national park
Nature Site · 2000 m

Visual field notes