Gülchö
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11,691 | — |
| 2021 | 13,755 | +1.36% |
| Note: resident population; Sources: | ||
Geography
The M41 highway leading south from Osh to the Alay Valley and eastern Tajikistan passes through Gülchö. The 2402m Chyrchyk Pass separates Gülchö from Osh, and the 3615m Taldyk Pass separates Gülchö from Sary-Tash in the Alay Valley. Gülchö is situated in a broad valley at the confluence of three rivers, forming the river Kurshab.
Climate
Gülchö has a hot, dry-summer continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsa). The average annual temperature is 8.9 °C (48 °F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of -7 °C (19 °F). The average annual precipitation is 501mm (19.72"). The wettest month is May with an average of 90mm (3.5") of precipitation and the driest month is September with an average of 16mm of precipitation.
| Climate data for Gülchö | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) |
0.7 (33.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
15.0 (59.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.4 (38.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
2.8 (37.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26 (1.0) |
34 (1.3) |
52 (2.0) |
74 (2.9) |
90 (3.5) |
55 (2.2) |
40 (1.6) |
17 (0.7) |
16 (0.6) |
42 (1.7) |
31 (1.2) |
24 (0.9) |
501 (19.7) |
| Source: "Climate: Gul'cha". Climate Data. Retrieved 18 June 2015. | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. p. 46.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2009 population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Region" (PDF) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2010. p. 217.
- ^ Soviet military map K-43-32 (1:200,000)
- ^ "Climate: Gul'cha". Climate Data. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
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