Kadamjay District (Kyrgyz: Кадамжай району; Russian: Кадамжайский район) is a district in Batken Region, in south-western Kyrgyzstan.
The administrative seat lies at Kadamjay.[1] The district area is 6,146 square kilometres (2,373 sq mi),[2] and its resident population was 201,457 in 2021.[3] The largest town of the district, Kadamjay, is located between the cities of Aydarken (Khaidarkan) and Kyzyl-Kyya.
The district is thought to have the second largest mercury-antimony deposit in the world.[4]
Kadamjay Antimony Factory is one of the biggest factories in Kyrgyzstan. Khaidarkan Mercury Plant, built in 1942, was reported, as of 2005, to produce 300 to 600 metric tons of mercury per year.
Ak-Suu (white river) is the river which passes through Kadamjay. Jiydelik lake is a favorite picnic spot.
In total, Kadamjay District include 2 cities and 115 villages in 13 rural communities (ayyl aymagy).[1] Each rural community can consist of one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Kadamjay District are:[5][6]
Settlements of the Kadamjay District Abbreviations: A - Arpa-Say, B - Bak, I - Isfayram, JA - Jany-Aiyl, JK - Jany-Korgon, К - Kalacha (Uch-Korgon a/o), КА - Kambarabad, KD - Kara-Debe (Absamat Masaliev a/o), Кк - Kakyr (Uch-Korgon a/o), Kl - Kaltak, L - Leskhoz, P - Pylydarak, R - Raz'ezd, S - Sulaymanabad, SA - Sary-Altyn, TK - Tajik-Kyshtak
^ abc"2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Batken Region"(PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 15.: "The census shows that the presence of actual villages (aiyls) on the ground does not correspond to the State Classification «System of designations of objects of administrative-territorial and territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic» (SOATE). The census found that these differences had occurred in the course of local administrative arrangements, which were confirmed by normative documents from the field. According to them, one village does not actually exist on the ground (Jany-Jer of Ak-Turpak aiyl okmotu of Kadamjay District), which is erroneously listed in SOATE. In addition, there were two villages in Bokso and Myrgyljek of Alga aiyl okmotu of Kadamjaya District in 1996. They moved to other villages of Burgondu PMK and Kaytpas of Kyrgyz-Kyshtak aiyl okmotu of the same district, but villages' data are given with old names in SOATE. It should also be noted that the village of Jashtyk (located 8 km from the centre) has existed on the ground since 1991, but still has no code and is not listed in SOATE".
