LAW OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

of April 25, 2008 No. 65

About the administrative-territorial device of the Kyrgyz Republic

Accepted by Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic on March 6, 2008

This Law determines concept, the principles of the administrative-territorial device of the Kyrgyz Republic (further - the administrative-territorial device), procedure for the solution of questions of the administrative-territorial device, power of public authorities and local self-government in case of the solution of questions of education and abolition of administrative and territorial units, establishments and changes of their borders, accounting and registration of administrative-territorial and territorial units, and also other questions connected with the administrative-territorial device.

Chapter 1 General provisions

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

the administrative-territorial device of the Kyrgyz Republic is division of the territory into administrative and territorial units for the purpose of the organization of effective public administration and local self-government;

the administrative and territorial unit is the territory determined by the law including the territory of one or several settlements and other not populated territories in which public authorities or local self-government exercise respectively public administration or self-government;

settlements - the cities, villages and other settlements formed according to the procedure, determined by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic;

categories of settlements - set of the administrative and territorial units having the certain status established by the law;

area - the administrative and territorial unit combining the territories of the cities of regional value, and also areas located in the territory of this area in which public administration taking into account interests of local communities and competence of local government bodies is exercised;

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