Aydarken

Place in Batken, Kyrgyzstan

Aydarken Kyrgyz: Айдаркең
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39°56′24″N 71°19′48″E / 39.94000°N 71.33000°E / 39.94000; 71.33000
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

Historical population
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)

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

Unusual minerals of Aydarken

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)

References

^ ^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, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
^ 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.