Jeti-Ögüz village
Jeti-Ögüz (Kyrgyz: Жети-өгүз, seven bulls) is a village located at the north slope of Teskey Ala-Too mountain range near Issyk Kul in the Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 3428 in 2009.[1]
In the mountains surrounding Jeti-Ögüz, with visible pine-tree plantations
Jeti-Ögüz Жети-Өгүз (айыл) | |
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village | |
  Jeti-Ögüz | |
| Coordinates: 42°N 78°E | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Issyk-Kul Region |
| District | Jeti-Ögüz District |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 3,428 |
Seven Bulls rock formation near Jeti-Ögüz
Broken Heart rock
A waterfall in a gully in the mountains surrounding Jeti-Ögüz, frozen in the late fall
History
The thermal springs of Jeti-Ögüz were known to local inhabitants since antiquity. The place became known to Europe after 1856 when Semenov-Tian-Shanskii first visited it. Since 1965 the resort operates year-round. In 1991, an important meeting between Boris Yeltsin and Askar Akayev took place in Jeti-Ögüz.
References
- "2009 population census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Issyk-Kul Region" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
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