Aydarken
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Aydarken
Kyrgyz: Айдаркең | |
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Flag of Aydarken Flag Coat of arms of Aydarken Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Batken |
| District | Kadamjay |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Elevation | 2,000 m (6,600 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 | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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 | edit source]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 | edit source]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]
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Getchellite: double sulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: mass of scarlet crystalline material of resinous lustre on grey matrix
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Wakabayashilite: Arsenosulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: expanse of radiating, acicular, golden crystals
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Chursinite: an extremely rare arsenate of mercury: yellow microcrystals on matrix
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Kuznetsovite: another rare arsenate of mercury: expanse of beige crystals
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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]](/index.php/File:Khaidarkanite-115177.jpg){kind=link}
References
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- ^ 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
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- ^ "Kyrgyz Primary Mercury Mine Project"
- ^ Mindat ’Khaidarkanite’ https://www.mindat.org/min-7135.html Retrieved at 10.04 on Tuesday 21/5/24.
