Aydarken
Kyrgyz: Айдаркең | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Aydarken | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′24″N 71°19′48″E / 39.94000°N 71.33000°E | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Batken |
| District | Kadamjay |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Elevation | 2,000 m (7,000 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 12,031 |
Aydarken (Kyrgyz: Айдаркен, romanized: Aydarken; Russian: Хайдаркен, romanized: Khaydarken[2] or more recently Айдаркен) is a city[3] in Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kadamjay District.[4] The population of Aydarken amounted to 12,031 in 2021.[1] Aydarken is situated at about 2,000 m elevation, on the northern slopes of the Alay Range.[2]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 10,385 | — |
| 1979 | 11,002 | +0.64% |
| 1989 | 11,115 | +0.10% |
| 1999 | 9,148 | −1.93% |
| 2009 | 10,331 | +1.22% |
| 2021 | 12,031 | +1.28% |
| Note: resident population; Sources:[5][1] | ||
Aydarken Mercury Plant (KMP)
[edit]The Aydarken Mercury Plant (KMP) was the third largest producer of primary mercury in 2005. The ore reserves (which also contain antimony) exploited are located in or near Aydarken.[6] The Minamata Convention on Mercury includes provisions which will eliminate primary mercury mining.[7]
Gallery
[edit]Unusual minerals of Aydarken
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![Blue fur-like mass of acicular crystals of the Copper-Aluminium mineral Khaidarkanite (Cyanotrichite group), named for type locality Khaidarkan (a.k.a. Aydarken)[8]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Khaidarkanite-115177.jpg/120px-Khaidarkanite-115177.jpg)
Blue fur-like mass of acicular crystals of the Copper-Aluminium mineral Khaidarkanite (Cyanotrichite group), named for type locality Khaidarkan (a.k.a. Aydarken)[8] -
Getchellite: double sulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: mass of scarlet crystalline material of resinous lustre on grey matrix -
Wakabayashilite: Arsenosulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: expanse of radiating, acicular, golden crystals -
Chursinite: an extremely rare arsenate of mercury: yellow microcrystals on matrix -
Kuznetsovite: another rare arsenate of mercury: expanse of beige crystals -
Calcite cave formation: corallite forms ("spheroidalites", - dissymmetrical spherulites)
![Blue fur-like mass of acicular crystals of the Copper-Aluminium mineral Khaidarkanite (Cyanotrichite group), named for type locality Khaidarkan (a.k.a. Aydarken)[8]](/wiki/File:Khaidarkanite-115177.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.
- ^ a b Хайдаркен in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
- ^ 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
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 42–46.
- ^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 200.
- ^ "Primary Mercury Mining: Historical and Current Trends" (PDF). EPA.gov. EPA. July 24, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
In 2005, KMP produced between 304 m.t./yr and 600 m.t./yr mercury
- ^ "Kyrgyz Primary Mercury Mine Project"
- ^ Mindat ’Khaidarkanite’ https://www.mindat.org/min-7135.html Retrieved at 10.04 on Tuesday 21/5/24.
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