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'''Shekaftar''' ({{ |
'''Shekaftar''' ({{langx|ky|Шекафтар}}) is a village in the south of [[Jalal-Abad Region]], [[Kyrgyzstan]]. It is part of [[Chatkal District]].<ref name=class>{{cite web|url=https://stat.gov.kg/media/files/21f93e4d-9418-433e-aed9-ecb28d70ef5a.doc|title=Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic|language=ky|date=May 2021|publisher=National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic|pages=30–31}}</ref> Its population was 2,217 in 2021.<ref name=pop21>{{cite Kyrgyzstan population 2021}}</ref> It lies about {{convert|10|km|mi}} from the border with [[Uzbekistan]]. A [[uranium mine]] was located in Shekaftar between 1946 and 1968;<ref>[http://enrin.grida.no/case_studies/nucFergana/kyrgyz_12.pdf "CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH MINING WASTES IN KYRGYZSTAN" (PDF)]. Nurlan Djenchuraev, 1999. Retrieved 2012-04-18.</ref> the mine was operated by the Sumsar company from 1958 until its deactivation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzIYAAAAIAAJ&q=Shekaftar|title=Soviet geography, Volume 25|publisher=American Geographical Society of New York|year=1984}}</ref> In 1997, it was reported that a total of eight [[radioactive waste]] dumps had been made near Shekaftar.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWNnAAAAMAAJ&q=Shekaftar|title=Abstracts, Russian and East European series : ABREES., Volume 27|publisher=British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies, ABREES Ltd.|year=1997}}</ref> |
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Shekaftar
Шекафтар | |
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  Shekaftar | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′36″N 71°18′36″E / 41.21000°N 71.31000°E | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Jalal-Abad |
| District | Chatkal |
| Elevation | 1,082 m (3,550 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,217 |
| Time zone | UTC+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
[edit]- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 30–31.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH MINING WASTES IN KYRGYZSTAN" (PDF). Nurlan Djenchuraev, 1999. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ Soviet geography, Volume 25. American Geographical Society of New York. 1984.
- ^ Abstracts, Russian and East European series : ABREES., Volume 27. British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies, ABREES Ltd. 1997.
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