Issyk-Kul Region
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Issyk-Kul Region (Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл облусу, romanized: Ysyk-Köl oblusu; Russian: Иссык-Кульская область, romanized: Issyk-Kulskaya oblast) is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (north), Chüy Region (west), Naryn Region (southwest) and Xinjiang, China (southeast). It takes its name from Lake Issyk-Kul ("warm lake"), the world's second-largest high altitude lake. Its total area is 43,735 km² (16,886 sq mi). The resident population of the region was 501,933 as of January 2021. The region has a sizeable Russian (8.0% in 2009) minority.
