Naryn

History

Naryn was established as a fortress on the important caravan route between Kashgar and Zhetysu (Semirechye) at the direction of the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann in 1868.

Overview

From Naryn, the main road (one of the branches of the ancient Silk Road) runs south through the sparsely settled central Kyrgyz highlands to the Torugart Pass and China. At present, this is the main transport link from Kyrgyzstan to China. Naryn hosts one of three campuses of the University of Central Asia (UCA). The university was founded in 2000 by the governments of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and His Highness the Aga Khan. It is the world's first internationally chartered institution of higher education. The UCA currently operates a School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE), with a School of Undergraduate Studies and a Graduate School of Development in the process of being established. Undergraduate classes at the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic campus commenced on 5 September 2016.

The city has a bandy club. File:Naryn buildings.jpg|Apartment buildings in Naryn file:Naryn statue.jpg|Statue in the main square of Naryn file:Naryncountryside.jpg|Countryside around Naryn.

|1926|1632 |1959|6033 |1970|20836 |1979|29833 |1989|42210 |1999|40050 |2009|34822 |2021|41178

Demographics

Naryn is the tenth largest city by population in Kyrgyzstan. Its resident population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 34,822. According to the National Statistical Committee the population of Naryn amounted to 41,178 as of January 2021.

Economics

The economy of the Province is dominated by animal husbandry such as horse, sheep and yak, and wool and meat being the main products. Today, the district is the poorest region in the country. The mineral mines developed during the Soviet period were largely abandoned after the fall of communism as they were not profitable.

Climate

Naryn has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) with strong continental tendencies.

| Jan record high C = 5.3 | Feb record high C = 9.1 | Mar record high C = 20.5 | Apr record high C = 29.5 | May record high C = 29.6 | Jun record high C = 33.1 | Jul record high C = 36.9 | Aug record high C = 36.0 | Sep record high C = 31.4 | Oct record high C = 26.6 | Nov record high C = 19.0 | Dec record high C = 9.0 | year record high C = 36.9 | Jan record low C = -37.9 | Feb record low C = -38.0 | Mar record low C = -27.6 | Apr record low C = -15.5 | May record low C = -5.7 | Jun record low C = -1.0 | Jul record low C = 0.6 | Aug record low C = 0.6 | Sep record low C = -7.4 | Oct record low C = -14.9 | Nov record low C = -29.2 | Dec record low C = -35.4 | year record low C = -38.0 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210123200926/http://pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/36974.htm | archive-date = 23 January 2021 | access-date = 28 October 2021 | access-date = 18 February 2016}} NOAA (precipitation days and sun 1961–1990){{cite web | access-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-date = 24 January 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220124235612/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/TABLES/REG_II/KY/36974.TXT | url-status = dead

References

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2. {{cite Kyrgyzstan population 2021
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