Ak-Talaa

Ak-Talaa includes the valleys of the Ala-Buka, Arpa, and Terek rivers, as well as the southern slopes of the Moldo-Too ridge within the middle reaches of the Naryn River.

In the valleys of the Ala-Buka and Arpa rivers, there are many interesting monuments of Bronze Age tribes (1st-2nd millennium BC) - burial mounds with cemeteries. Excavations of some of them have uncovered bronze and ceramic tools of labor and everyday life. Here are the remains of two medieval settlements (8th-12th centuries), which were located on the caravan route from Fergana to Kashgar and Issyk-Kul. One of them is evidenced by the well-preserved ruins of the Shirdabek settlement, located on the right bank of the Ala-Buka, 30 km along the road from the district center of Bayetovo. The other settlement, Chaldybar, is located near the village of Kosh-Debe, 90 km from the district center of Bayetovo on the left bank of the Ala-Buka.

Ak-Talaa is rich in balneological resources. Among the numerous springs, the most well-known are: the Karakul springs with a water temperature of 4-6 degrees, located on the northeastern slope of the Fergana ridge in the upper reaches of the Karakol River at an altitude of 3150 m; 6 groups of springs "Kyzyl-Beles" - in the valley of the Arpa River at an altitude of 3020 m in the floodplain of the same river; the "Ak-Tal" (Durbeldzhin) spring - 10 km west of the village of Bayetovo, the "Ak-Terek" spring - in the gorge of the same river at an altitude of 1900 m, 15 km from the village of Kongorchak. The thermal spring "Pychan," well-known among the local population, is in the floodplain of the same river, and the thermal waters of the "Alabuga-Naryn" spring, located 15 km from the village of Upot, are widely used for therapeutic purposes. There are also large reserves of therapeutic muds that are not yet utilized.