Kochkor is a town in northern Naryn Province

Naryn Province

Naryn Province is the largest province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Naryn. The province was established on November 21, 1939 as Tien-Shan Province. On December 20, 1962 the province was dissolved, but on December 11, 1970 re-established again...

 of 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 the capital of Kochkor District

Kochkor District

Kochkor is a raion of Naryn Province in northern-central Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at Kochkor.:-Populated places:In total, Kochkor District include 11 rural communities . Each rural community includes one or several villages...

. Former names were Stolypin and Kochkorka. Altitude 1,800m. Population 14,000. It is on the main A365 highway from Torugart Pass

Torugart Pass

Torugart Pass is a pass in the Tian Shan mountain range on the border between the Naryn Province of Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China.The scenic Lake of Chatyr-Kul lies near the pass on the Kyrgyz side...

 (China) north to Bishkek

Bishkek

Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to...

. About 7 km west A361 branches west toward Jalal-Abad Province

Jalal-Abad Province

Jalal-Abad Province, also known as Jalalabat , is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jalal-Abad. It is surrounded by Talas Province, Chui Province, Naryn Province, Osh Province and Uzbekistan. The Jalal-Abad Province was established on November 21, 1939...

 and the Ferghana Valley. About 25 km northeast on the highway is the Orto-Tokoy

Orto-Tokoy

Orto-Tokoy is a village in the Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan, just north of the A365 highway between Kochkor and Balykchy. It is on the east-flowing part of the upper Chu River. Upstream is a dam and reservoir....

 reservoir and about 45 km northeast is Balykchy

Balykchy

Balykchy is a town with a population about 40,000 people located at the western end of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, at and an elevation of about 1,900 metres...

 on Lake Issyk Kul

Issyk Kul

Issyk Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Although it is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes; hence its name, which means "hot...

. The town is a base for excursions into the high country and tourist infrastructure is fairly well developed. There is a regional museum.