Official Name: | Toktogul |
Native Name: | Toктогул |
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: | Jalal-Abad Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Toktogul District |
Leader Title: | Akim |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 20577 |
Coordinates: | 41.8722°N 72.9389°W |
Postal Code: | 715400 |
Toktogul (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Toктогул, known until 31 July 1957 as Muztör), is a city (since 2012)[1] in Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 20,577 in 2021. It is the administrative seat of Toktogul District.[2]
It is named after its most famous son: the poet and musician Toktogul Satilganov. Toktogul was born in Kushchusu, a village now submerged in the Toktogul Reservoir.[3] [4] It is located on the northern shore of the Toktogul reservoir. To the south, highway M41 curves around the eastern end of the reservoir toward Karaköl and Jalal-Abad city. To the north the road goes up the Chychkan valley into Talas Region on its way to Bishkek.