Osh Region
Osh Region
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Region | |
From the top, View of Osh on Sulayman Mountain, Sulayman-Too Mosque in Osh, National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Map of Kyrgyzstan, location of Osh Region highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 40°0′N 73°0′E / 40.000°N 73.000°E | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Capital | Osh |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Taalaibek Sarybashev |
| Area | |
• Total | 28,934 km2 (11,171 sq mi) |
| Population (2023-01-01) | |
• Total | 1,460,425 |
| • Density | 50.474/km2 (130.73/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (KGT) |
| ISO 3166 code | KG-O |
| Districts | 7 |
| Cities | 3 |
| Villages | 474 |
Osh is a region of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh, which is not part of the region. It is bounded (clockwise) by Jalal-Abad Region, Naryn Region, China (Xinjiang), Tajikistan (Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region), Batken Region, and Uzbekistan (Andijan and Fergana Regions). Its total area is 28,934 km2 (11,171 sq mi). The resident population of the region was 1,391,649 as of January 2021. According to the 2009 census, 28% of the total population are ethnic Uzbeks.