Chaek

Village in Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Chaek Kyrgyz: Чаек
Village
41°55′40″N 74°30′50″E / 41.92778°N 74.51389°E / 41.92778; 74.51389
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Naryn Region
District	Jumgal District
Elevation	1,682 m (5,518 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	3,762
Time zone	UTC+6

Chaek (Kyrgyz: Чаек) is a village in Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan on the A361 highway which crosses the north of the region. Its population was 3,762 in 2021.^[1] It is the center of the Jumgal District.^[2] It is about 100km west of Kochkor and 45km west of Lake Song-Köl. It is the largest of several villages in an agricultural valley. Further west the scenery becomes more dramatic.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2009	7,009	—
2021	3,762	−5.05%
Note: resident population; Sources:^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 34–36.
^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Naryn Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 174.