Kadamjay District is a district (raion)

Raions of Kyrgyzstan

The provinces of Kyrgyzstan are divided into raions , administered by government-appointed officials. Rural communities consisting of up to twenty small settlements have their own elected mayors and councils. The raions are listed below, by province:The provinces of Kyrgyzstan are divided into...

 in 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...

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The district capital lies at Pulgon

Pulgon

Pulgon is a village in the Batken Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is the administrative center of the Kadamjay District of this province. In the Soviet era, the village was officially known as Frunzenskoye, and the district was known as the Frunzensky District of Osh Province.The village is located...

. Its population in 2005 was approximately 30,000. The largest town of the district, the town of Kadamjay

Kadamjay

Kadamjay is the town in Kadamjay District of Batken Province of Kyrgyzstan. Kadamjay is located between the cities of Khaidarkan and Kyzyl-Kiya ....

, is located between the cities of Khaidarkan

Khaidarkan

Khaidarkan is a town in the Batken Province of Kyrgyzstan.Population 9,100 .- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

 (Aidarken) and Kyzyl-Kiya

Kyzyl-Kiya

Kyzyl-Kiya is a city in the Batken Oblast, in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. 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.Coordinates: ....

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The district is thought to have the second largest mercury

Mercury (element)

Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...

-antimony

Antimony

Antimony is a toxic chemical element with the symbol Sb and an atomic number of 51. A lustrous grey metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite...

 deposit in the world.
Kadamjay Antimony Factory is one of the biggest factories in 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...

. Khaidarkan Mercury Plant, built in 1942, was reported, as of 2005, to produce 300 to 600 metric tons of mercury per year.

Ak-Su (white river) is the river which passes through Kadamjay. Jiydelik lake is a favorite picnic spot.

Towns and villages

Kadamjay District is divided into 15 administrative divisions, either 'Aiyl Okmotus' (A/O) in rural areas or villages with urban characteristics (ПОСЕЛОК ГОРОДСКОГО ТИПА - PGT):
- Aidarken PGT (АЙДАРКЕН)
- Chauvay PGT (ЧАУВАЙ)
- Sovetskoe PGT (СОВЕТСКИЙ)
- Kadamjay PGT (КАДАМЖАЙ)
- Ak-Turpak A/O (АК-ТУРПАКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Algin A/O (АЛГИНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Birlik A/O (БИРЛИКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Absamat Masaliev A/O (АБСАМАТ МАСАЛИЕВСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Kotorma A/O (КОТОРМОСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Maidan A/O (МАЙДАНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Markaz A/O (МАРКАЗСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Orozbek A/O (ОРОЗБЕКОВСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Uch-Korgon A/O (УЧ-КОРГОНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Halmion A/O (ХАЛМИОНСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)
- Kyrgyz-Kyshtak A/O (КЫРГЫЗ-КЫШТАКСКИЙ АИЛЬНЫЙ ОКРУГ)