Batken
Batken
Баткен | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
  Batken Location in Kyrgyzstan | |
| Coordinates:40°4′N70°49′E/ 40.067°N 70.817°E | |
| Country |  Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Batken Region |
| Government | |
| •Gubernator | Sultanbay Ayjigitov |
| Area | |
| • City | 205 km2(79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,042 m (3,419 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • City | 27,730 |
| • Density | 140/km2(350/sq mi) |
| •Urban | 15,805 |
| Time zone | UTC+6(KGT) |
| Area code | +996 3622 |
Batken(also calledBatkent) is a town in southwesternKyrgyzstan,on the southern fringe of theFergana Valley.It is the administrative seat ofBatken Region.[2]Since 2000, it is a city of regional significance, i.e. not part of a district.[3]However, it is still the administrative seat ofBatken District.[2]Its area is 205 square kilometres (79 sq mi),[4]and its resident population was 27,730 in 2021 (both including the villages Bulak-Bashy,Kyzyl-Joland Bazar-Bashy). The population of the town proper was 15,805.[1]
History
[edit]The name Batkent is from the Iranian language ofSogdianand means "The city of wind".[5]Batken became the administrative headquarters of the youngest of Kyrgyzstan'sseven regions,created from the three westernmost districts ofOsh Regionin 1999, after concerns over radicalIslamistactivities in neighboringTajikistanandUzbekistanled to demands for a more direct and visible governmental presence in this remote and mountainous region.[citation needed]Batken Airportlinks the town with Bishkek. Since 2000, there is a small university in Batken.[citation needed]
The2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clasheshas heavily damaged the town, which has been subject toshelling.Some residents returned to the city throughout the day from the villages to which they had repaired to avoid the danger of fresh shelling. In the evening, they left again. Most of the shelling and incursions byTajik troopsoccurred in places right on the border. On September 16, though, the odd projectile landed on Batken too, despite it lying several kilometers fromTajikistan.[6]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19,718 | — |
| 2021 | 27,730 | +2.88% |
| Note: resident population; Sources:[4][1] | ||
Climate
[edit]Batken has a cold steppe climate (Köppen climate classification:BSk), bordering on aMediterranean climate(Csa) and acontinental Mediterranean climate(Dsa). The average annual temperature in Batken is 11.6 °C (52.9 °F). About 367 mm (14.45 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Batken | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
17.6 (63.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
1.2 (34.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
5.7 (42.2) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 40 (1.6) |
39 (1.5) |
57 (2.2) |
51 (2.0) |
47 (1.9) |
16 (0.6) |
8 (0.3) |
3 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
32 (1.3) |
30 (1.2) |
39 (1.5) |
367 (14.4) |
| Source:https://en.climate-data.org/location/28040/ | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^abc"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.Archivedfrom the original on 10 November 2021.
- ^ab"Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic"(in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 39–40.
- ^Law 18 February 2000 No. 42
- ^ab"2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region"(PDF)(in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. pp. 14, 17.
- ^Everett-Heath, John (2019-10-24),"Batken",The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names,Oxford University Press,doi:10.1093/acref/9780191882913.001.0001,ISBN978-0-19-188291-3,retrieved2022-11-30
- ^Usmanov, Danil (2022-09-18)."Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan: The terror and death of a fruitless border conflict".Eurasianet.Retrieved2022-09-18.
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