Talas 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 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...

. The capital lies at Kok Oy , Chat Bazar, Kyrgyzstan. .

Rural communities and villages

In total, Talas District include 27 settlements in 13 rural communities (aiyl okmotus). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Talas District are:

1. Aral aiyl okmotu (center - village Aral)
2. Jergetal aiyl okmotu (center - village Kyzyl-Tuu, and also villages Chyiyrchyk and Kek-Kashat)
3. Dolon aiyl okmotu (center - village Tash-Aryk, and also villages Ak-Jar and Orto-Aryk)
4. Kok-Oy aiyl okmotu (center - village Kok-Oy)
5. Bekmoldo aiyl okmotu (center - village Sasyk-Bulak, and also villages Kara-Oy, Kenesh and Chong-Tokoy)
6. Aydaraliev aiyl okmotu (center - village Kepyure-Bazar)
7. Nurjan aiyl okmotu (center - village Jon-Aryk, and also village Kek-Tokoy)
8. Berdike Baatyr aiyl okmotu (center - village Kum-Aryk, and also villages Kozuchak and Arashan)
9. Osmokulov aiyl okmotu (center - village Taldy-Bulak, and also village Ak-Korgon)
10. Omuraliev aiyl okmotu (center - village Manas, and also village Chat-Bazar)
11. Kuugandy aiyl okmotu (center - village Uch-Emchek)
12. Kara-Suu aiyl okmotu (center - village Kara-Suu)
13. Kalba aiyl okmotu (center - village Kalba, and also villages Atay Ogonbaev and Balbal)