Pulgon
Encyclopedia
Pulgon is a village
in the Batken Province
of Kyrgyzstan
. It is the administrative center of the Kadamjay District
of this province. In the Soviet era, the village was officially known as Frunzenskoye, and the district was known as the Frunzensky District (Frunze District) of Osh Province
.
The village is located next to Kyrgyzstan's border with Uzbekistan
. The antimony
miners' town of Kadamdzhai (formerly known as Frunze) is immediately adjacent to the village from the south. Another nearby town is Okhna
(6 miles).
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Batken Province
Batken Province
Batken Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Batken. It is bounded on the east by Osh Province, on the south, west and north by Tajikistan and on the northeast by Uzbekistan. The northern part of the province is part of the flat, agricultural Ferghana Valley...
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 administrative center of the Kadamjay District
Kadamjay District
Kadamjay District is a district in Batken Province, in south-western Kyrgyzstan.:The district capital lies at Pulgon. Its population in 2005 was approximately 30,000...
of this province. In the Soviet era, the village was officially known as Frunzenskoye, and the district was known as the Frunzensky District (Frunze District) of Osh Province
Osh Province
Osh Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh. It is bounded by Jalal-Abad Province, Naryn Province, Xinjiang, China, Tajikistan, Batken Province and Uzbekistan.-Geography:...
.
The village is located next to Kyrgyzstan's border with Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. The antimony
Antimony
Antimony is a toxic chemical element with the symbol Sb and an atomic number of 51. A lustrous grey metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite...
miners' town of Kadamdzhai (formerly known as Frunze) is immediately adjacent to the village from the south. Another nearby town is Okhna
Okhna
Okhna is a village in the Kadamjay District, in the Batken Province of Kyrgyzstan. It has 7 main zones, Garaj, Kuldu, Boston, Zar, Joo-Kesek, Naiman and Uchkun. The 2005 population was approximately 16,523....
(6 miles).