Shekaftar
Шекафтар
Shekaftar is located in Kyrgyzstan
Shekaftar
Shekaftar
Coordinates: 41°12′36″N 71°18′36″E / 41.21000°N 71.31000°E / 41.21000; 71.31000
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionJalal-Abad
DistrictChatkal
Elevation
1,082 m (3,550 ft)
Population
 (2021)
  Total2,217
Time zoneUTC+6

Shekaftar (Kyrgyz: Шекафтар) is a village in the south of Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. It is part of Chatkal District.[1] Its population was 2,217 in 2021.[2] It lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the border with Uzbekistan. A uranium mine was located in Shekaftar between 1946 and 1968;[3] the mine was operated by the Sumsar company from 1958 until its deactivation.[4] In 1997, it was reported that a total of eight radioactive waste dumps had been made near Shekaftar.[5]

References

  1. "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 30–31.
  2. "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.
  3. "CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH MINING WASTES IN KYRGYZSTAN" (PDF). Nurlan Djenchuraev, 1999. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  4. Soviet geography, Volume 25. American Geographical Society of New York. 1984.
  5. Abstracts, Russian and East European series : ABREES., Volume 27. British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies, ABREES Ltd. 1997.
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