Kyzyl-Kyya


Kyzyl-Kyya, also spelt Kyzyl-Kyia and Kyzyl-Kiya, is a city in Batken Region, in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. It is a city of regional significance, not part of a district, and consists of the town proper and the villages Karavan, Ak-Bulak and Jin-Jigen. Its area is, and its resident population was 56,819 in 2021. It is situated on the southern edge of the Fergana Valley, 32 km southeast of Fergana, and 65 km southwest of Osh. The town is one of the oldest centers of the coal mining industry in Kyrgyzstan.

Geography

Climate

Kyzyl-Kyya has a cold semi-arid climate. The average annual temperature is 11.7 °C. The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 24.7 °C and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of -3.4 °C. The average annual precipitation is 295.8mm and has an average of 68.6 days with precipitation. The wettest month is March with an average of 44.9mm of precipitation and the driest month is August with an average of 4.1mm of precipitation.

Transportation

Kyzyl-kyya has an airport. It only operates domestic flights. It is also one of the few towns in Kyrgyzstan to have a railway station. The railway starts in Uzbekistan and ends here.