Kadamjay District


Kadamjay District is a district in Batken Region, in south-western Kyrgyzstan.
The administrative seat lies at Kadamjay. The district area is, and its resident population was 201,457 in 2021. The largest town of the district, Kadamjay, is located between the cities of Aydarken and Kyzyl-Kyya.
The district is thought to have the second largest mercury-antimony deposit in the world.
Kadamjay Antimony Factory is one of the biggest factories in Kyrgyzstan. Khaidarkan Mercury Plant, built in 1942, was reported, as of 2005, to produce 300 to 600 metric tons of mercury per year.
The river Shohimardonsoy passes through the town Kadamjay. Other rivers in the district are the Isfayramsay and the Sokh.

Rural communities and villages

In total, Kadamjay District include 2 cities and 115 villages in 13 rural communities. Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Kadamjay District are:
  1. city Aydarken
  2. city Kadamjay
  3. Absamat Masaliev
  4. Ak-Turpak
  5. Alga
  6. Birlik
  7. Chauvay aiyl okmotu
  8. Iskhak-Polotkhan
  9. Moldo Niyaz
  10. Kyrgyz-Kyshtak
  11. Ayribaz
  12. Maydan
  13. Orozbekov
  14. Sovet
  15. Üch-Korgon
Note: Kyzyl-Kyya is a town of regional significance of Batken region, villages Karavan, Ak-Bulak and Jin-Jigen are parts of the town Kyzyl-Kyya.