Kosh-Köl

Place in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

Kosh-Köl Кош-Көл
On the beach in Kosh-Köl
42°31′48″N 76°36′36″E / 42.53000°N 76.61000°E / 42.53000; 76.61000
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Issyk-Kul
District	Issyk-Kul
Elevation	1,626 m (5,335 ft)
Population (2023)
• Total	610
Time zone	UTC+6

Kosh-Köl (Kyrgyz: Кош-Көл; Russian: Кош-Кёль or Кош-Коль) is a village in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. The village name has also been transliterated as Kosh-Kël' or Kosh-Kel'. It is part of the Issyk-Kul District.^[1] Its population was 588 in 2021.^[2]

It is located near the northern shore of Lake Issyk Kul between Balykchy and Cholpon-Ata. The village includes two built-up areas. First, the actual residential village, located along the Balykchy-Cholpon-Ata-Karakol highway, as it cuts across the base of a Koshkol promontory jutting into Lake Issyk Kul; this section is within a couple kilometers away from the lake shore. Second, the name Koshkol' is also applied to the resort strip to the south of the village, on the south-eastern shore of the peninsula. Most of the resort buildings there are decidedly Soviet-era; as of 2007, some of them appeared abandoned, while others received visitors.

Gallery

Sheep enjoying beach facilities
Ak Jol pleasure pier
Lifeguard station
Sea buckthorn

References

^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 12–14.
^ "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.