Nookat

Place in Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan

Nookat Ноокат
Nookat from the north
Coat of arms
40°15′57″N 72°37′05″E / 40.26583°N 72.61806°E / 40.26583; 72.61806
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Osh Region
Elevation	1,296 m (4,252 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	18,228
Time zone	UTC+6

Nookat (Kyrgyz: Ноокат), also Eski-Nookat, Iski-Naukat or Naukat, is a city in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is the seat of Nookat District.^[2] Its population was 18,228 in 2021.^[1]

The main street, Soltobaev, forms part of the main Osh-Batken highway and is consequently very dusty and busy, lined by willow, poplar and plane trees.

Nookat came to signify the repression during the Kurmanbek Bakiyev regime as villagers were imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to lengthy prison terms following civil unrest in the fall of 2008. Following the revolt in April 2010, the villagers, of the Uzbek minority, were released.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2009	14,371	—
2021	18,228	+2.00%
Note: resident population; Sources:^[4]^[1]

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. 54–57.
^ Fergana news article on the oppressed villagers
^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 219.