Sokuluk

Sokuluk
Sokuluk
Coordinates: 42°51′36″N 74°18′0″E / 42.86000°N 74.30000°ECoordinates: 42°51′36″N 74°18′0″E / 42.86000°N 74.30000°E
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Chuy Region
District	Sokuluk District
Elevation	728 m (2,388 ft)
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	11,968
Time zone	UTC +5

Sokuluk (Dungan: Сохўлў, Sohwlw; Kyrgyz, Russian: Сокулук) is a large village with a de jure population of 11,968 (2009 Census) in the Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan.

Sokuluk is the administrative center of Sokuluk District, and is located about 5 km away from the town of Shopokov, the main economic center of the area.^[2]

History

According to historians, Sokuluk started its existence in the early 1880s, as a place of settlement of many of the Dungan people who moved to the Russian Empire from the Kulja (Yining) area between 1881 and 1883, after Russia agreed to withdraw its troops from Kulja pursuant to the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881). ^[3]

Sokuluk is the birthplace of the Dungan poet, writer, and educator Iasyr Shivaza (1906-1988).

External links

• Website listing the cities Kyrgyzstan

References

1. Population and Housing Census 2009. Book 3 (in tables). Provinces of Kyrgyzstan: Chuy Province (Перепись населения и жилищного фонда Кыргызской Республики 2009. Книга 3 (в таблицах). Регионы Кыргызстана: Чуйская область (PDF), Bishkek: National Committee on Statistics, 2010
2. Добро пожаловать в город Шопоков! (Welcome to Shopokov!) (Russian)
3. Svetlana Rimsky-Korsakoff Dyer. Karakunuz: An Early Settlement of the Chinese Muslims in Russia, with an English translation of V.Tsibuzgin and A.Shmakov's work. "Asian Folklore Studies", Vol. 51 (1992), pp. 243-279.