Batken is a raion

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

 (district) of Batken Province

Batken Province

Batken Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Batken. It is bounded on the east by Osh Province, on the south, west and north by Tajikistan and on the northeast by Uzbekistan. The northern part of the province is part of the flat, agricultural Ferghana Valley...

 in south-western Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

. The capital lies at Batken

Batken

Batken is a small town of about 12,000 population, in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, on the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley. Its geographical location is...

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Towns and villages

Batken district is divided into nine administrative divisions ('aiyl okmotus'):

- Darin A/O (ДАРЫИНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Tert-Gyul A/O(ТЕРТ-ГЮЛЬСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Kara-Bak A/O(КАРА-БАКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Kara-Bulak A/O (КАРА-БУЛАКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Kishtut A/O (КЫШТУТСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Samarkandek A/O (САМАРКАНДЕКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Ak-Say A/O (АК-САЙСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Ak-Tatir A/O (АК-ТАТЫРСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)

- Suu-Bashin A/O (СУУ-БАШЫНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)