Sokuluk
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Sokuluk Сокулук |
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 Kyrgyzstan
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| Territory : | Bye | ||||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 51 ' N , 74 ° 18' E | ||||
| Height : | 737 m | ||||
| Residents : | 17,600 (2009) | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Sokuluk ( kirghiz and Russian Сокулук , Dungan Сохўлў ) is a community in Kyrgyzstan with approximately 18,000 inhabitants.
It is the administrative seat of the Sokuluk Rajon in the Tschüi area . Sokuluk is located 30 km west of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek .
In the 19th century, Mennonites of German origin settled in Sokuluk and the surrounding area, and most of their descendants moved back to Germany in the 1980s.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Iasyr Shivaza (1906–1988) was a Soviet Dungan poet, writer, editor, and scientist.
Web links
- Kyrgyzstan in the country dictionary
- Website with the cities of Kyrgyzstan
- Sokuluk at fallingrain.com