Jalal-Abad Province

Jalal-Abad Province, also known as Jalalabat (Kyrgyz: Жалалабат областы), is a province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jalal-Abad. It is surrounded by (clockwise from the north) Talas Province, Chui Province, Naryn Province, Osh Province and Uzbekistan. Jalalabad oblast covers 33,647 square kilometers in the south-west of Kyrgyzstan. The southern edge of the province is part of the Ferghana Valley. The rest of t... more

Jalal-Abad Province, also known as Jalalabat (Kyrgyz: Жалалабат областы), is a province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jalal-Abad. It is surrounded by (clockwise from the north) Talas Province, Chui Province, Naryn Province, Osh Province and Uzbekistan. Jalalabad oblast covers 33,647 square kilometers in the south-west of Kyrgyzstan. The southern edge of the province is part of the Ferghana Valley. The rest of the province is mountainous. M41, the main north-south highway from Bishkek to Osh, takes a very crooked route down the center of the province. Another road follows the south border almost to the western tip and then turns northeast up the Chaktal valley to Kyzyl-Adyr in Talas Province. Another road (closed in winter and requiring a jeep from the Freghana range to Kazarman) goes east to Kazarman and Naryn. The area has several mountain lakes, walnut forests, and mineral waters. It has also the world's largest natural growing walnut forest,... less