Nookat

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Nookat
Ноокат
Nookat is located in Kyrgyzstan
Nookat
Nookat
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Country Kyrgyzstan
Region Osh Region
Elevation 1,296 m (4,252 ft)
Population (2009)[1]
 • Total 14,371
Time zone UTC +5

Nookat (Kyrgyz: Ноокат), also Eski-Nookat, Iski-Naukat or Naukat, is a city in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is the seat of Nookat District. According to 2009 Census the population of Nookat was 14,371.[1]

The main street, Soltobaev, forms part of the main Osh-Batken highway and is consequently very dusty and busy, but nonetheless attractively lined by willow, poplar and plane trees.

Nookat came to signify the repression during the Bakiyev regime as villagers were imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to lengthy prison terms following civil unrest in the fall of 2008. Following the revolt in April 2010, the villagers, of the Uzbek minority, were released.[2]

References

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  2. Fergana news article on the oppressed villagers

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