Bakay-Ata District

Bakay-Ata (Бакай-Ата району) is a district of Talas Region in north-western Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 2928 km2, and its resident population was 53,359 in 2021. The administrative seat lies at Bakay-Ata (the former Leninpol).

Rural communities and villages
In total, Bakay-Ata District includes 19 settlements located in 9 rural communities (ayyl aymagy). Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Bakay-Ata District are:


 * 1) Ak-Döbö (seat: Ak-Döbö; incl. Kyzyl-Say and Kyzyl-Charba)
 * 2) Aknazarov (seat: Kyzyl-Oktyabr; incl. Kök-Tash, Madaniyat, Tash-Kuduk and Ür-Maral)
 * 3) Bakay-Ata (2: center - village: Bakay-Ata; and also village Namatbek)
 * 4) Boo-Terek (seat: Boo-Terek)
 * 5) Keng-Aral (seat: Keng-Aral)
 * 6) Ming-Bulak (seat: Ming-Bulak)
 * 7) Oros (seat: Kyrgyzstan; incl. Jon-Korgon and Birinchi May)
 * 8) Özgörüsh (seat: Özgörüsh)
 * 9) Shadykan (seat: Yntymak; incl. Tüytö)

Notable people

 * Gulsaira Momunova - poet (1937 - 2020).