NARYN REGION

Key industries: Stockbreeding

23.1
thsd. sq. km

Land area

289.6
thsd. people.

Population

14
bln. KGS

GRP

Regional profile

Naryn Region is the largest region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the east of the country and borders with Chuy Region in the north, Issyk Kul Region in the northeast, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China in the southeast, Osh Region in the southwest, and Jalal-Abad Region in the west. Its capital is Naryn. The region was established on 21 November 1939 as Tien-Shan Region. On 20 December 1962 the region was dissolved, but on 11 December 1970 re-established again. On 5 October 1988 it was unified with Issyk-Kul Region, and, finally, on 14 December 1990 it got back its present name: Naryn Region.
The region consists of 5 districts:

  • Ak-Talaa District – Baetov .
  • At-Bashy District – At-Bashy.
  • Jumgal District – Chaek .
  • Kochkor District – Kochkor.
  • Naryn District – Naryn.

Region in numbers

289.6
thsd. people..

resident population

147.5
thsd. people..

men

142.1
thsd. people..

women

Regional economy

4.2
mln. dol. USA

IMPORT

1
mln. dol. USA

EXPORT

Number of small and medium enterprises:

282

small enterprises

15

medium enterprises

1800

Number of workers small enterprises

800

Number of workers medium enterprises

2870.4
mln. KGS

Processing Industry
201720182019
Mining1027.11261.61519.7
Manufacturing industries416.3328.7425.8
Providing electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning863.3921.1865.0
Water supply, cleaning, waste treatment and secondary raw materials34.338.059.8
Investments in fixed assets (in actual prices)
20182019
Domestic investment, mln. KGS4.97.8
Funds of enterprises, mln. KGS173.3115.4
Funds of the population, mln. KGS611.7706.2
Republican and local budget funds, mln. KGS501.2396.6
Foreign loan funds, mln. KGS2869.91943.1
Foreign grant and humanitarian aid, mln. KGS221.01722.0
Foreign direct investment funds, mln. $3.10
Production of main types of minerals
201720182019
Natural sands, tons7270.07650.07650.0
Dolomite uncalcined, tons29497.633861.921784
Coal and lignite, thsd. tons865.21066.61252198.9
Barium sulfate natural (barium), tons12464.09728.010915.6

Infrastructure

Highway

The main highway runs from the Chinese border at Torugart Pass north to Balykchy on Issyk Kul Lake.