Official Name: | Kengesh |
Native Name: | Кеңеш |
Pushpin Map: | Kyrgyzstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kyrgyzstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Kyrgyzstan |
Subdivision Name1: | Osh Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kara-Kulja District |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 2763 |
Coordinates: | 40.6333°N 73.4278°W |
Elevation M: | 1200 |
Kengesh (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Кеңеш) is a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region, southern Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 2,763 in 2021. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Tar and Kara-Kulja. In 2011 it made headlines after announcing it would begin staging its own criminal law trials due to dissatisfaction with the Kyrgyz legal system.[1]