Kara-Buura District
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Kara-Buura is a raion
(district) of Talas Province
, in north-western Kyrgyzstan
. It is said to have frequently been haunted by the ghost of the Peoples of The Pit, a legendary nomadic northern Tajikistan community, ill-fated to be trapped by within a so-called Village of the Dead, a place similar to that described by Rudyard Kipling, from his story titled "The Strange Ride
of Morrowbie Jukes" published during his early period. The capital lies at Kyzyl-Adyr
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and 21 settlements in 9 rural communities (aiyl okmotus). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Kara-Bura District are:
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 Talas Province
Talas Province
Talas Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Talas. It is bordered on the west and north by Jambyl Province of Kazakhstan, on the east by Chui Province, on the south by Jalal-Abad Province and on the southwest by a finger of Uzbekistan. It is basically a U-shaped valley open to the...
, in north-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...
. It is said to have frequently been haunted by the ghost of the Peoples of The Pit, a legendary nomadic northern Tajikistan community, ill-fated to be trapped by within a so-called Village of the Dead, a place similar to that described by Rudyard Kipling, from his story titled "The Strange Ride
of Morrowbie Jukes" published during his early period. The capital lies at Kyzyl-Adyr
Kyzyl-Adyr
Kyzyl-Adyr is a village in the Kara-Buura District of Talas Province of Kyrgyzstan. To the north is the Kirovskaya Reservoir. From the main east-west highway through Talas Province, one road goes north to Taraz in Kazakhstan and another goes south to Jalal-Abad Province over the Kara-Buura Pass...
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Urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages
In total, Kara-Bura District include 1 urban-type settlementUrban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
and 21 settlements in 9 rural communities (aiyl okmotus). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Kara-Bura District are:
- urban-type settlementUrban-type settlementUrban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
Maymak - Ak-Chiy aiyl okmotu (center - village Joon-Debe, and also village Jiyde)
- Beysheke aiyl okmotu (center - village Beysheke, and also villages Kara-Buura, and Kara-Suu)
- Bakyyan aiyl okmotu (center - village Bakyyan, and also village Tamchy-Bulak)
- Amanbayev aiyl okmotu (center - village Amanbayevo, and also villages Ak-Jar, Kuru-Maymak, and Suulu-Maymak)
- Bakayyr okmotu (center - village Ak-Bashat, and also village Kara-Say)
- Kara-Buura aiyl okmotu (center - village Kyzyl-AdyrKyzyl-AdyrKyzyl-Adyr is a village in the Kara-Buura District of Talas Province of Kyrgyzstan. To the north is the Kirovskaya Reservoir. From the main east-west highway through Talas Province, one road goes north to Taraz in Kazakhstan and another goes south to Jalal-Abad Province over the Kara-Buura Pass...
, and also villages Chong Kara-Buura, and Uch-Bulak) - Kek-Say aiyl okmotu (center - village Kek-Say, and also village Kaynar)
- Cholponbay aiyl okmotu (center - village Chymgent, and also village Kek-Debe)
- Sheker aiyl okmotu (center - village ShekerShekerSheker is a village in the Kara-Buura District of Talas Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is the birthplace of Chinghiz Aitmatov....
, and also village Archagul)