Kayyngdy Explained

Official Name:Kayyngdy
Native Name:Кайынды
Pushpin Map:Kyrgyzstan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Kyrgyzstan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Chüy
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Panfilov
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ernur Jumabaev
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:9561
Utc Offset:+6
Coordinates:42.83°N 73.68°W
Elevation M:860
Area Code:+996 3137

Kayyngdy (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Кайыңды; Russian: Каинды|Kaindy or Каинда Kainda) is a city in the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan. It became a city in 2012.[1] Its population was 9,561 in 2021. It is the seat of Panfilov District.[2] It features the railroad station closest to the Kazakhstan border on the north route of the Kyrgyz Railways and is the first town one enters when traveling to Kyrgyzstan by train.

History

During World War II, in 1942, the Tank Training Centre of the Polish Anders' Army was based in Kayyngdy.[3] Polish soldiers trained there before fighting Nazi Germany.

Notes and References

  1. http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ru-ru/203768 Law 27 September 2012 No. 168 on the transformation of individual urban settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic and relating them to the category of village or city
  2. Web site: Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic. ky. May 2021. National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 76.
  3. Web site: Tworzenie Armii Polskiej w ZSRS w 1941–1942. Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. pl. 9 December 2023.