In Kyrgyzstan, regions and districts will be abolished and replaced by aymaks

In Kyrgyzstan, all regions and districts will be abolished, and *aymoqs* will be established in their place. Kaktus.media reported this, citing Elchibek Jantaev, director of the State Agency for State Service and Local Self-Government Affairs.

Currently, Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven regions, which include 40 districts and 34 cities.

"Aymoqs, which are larger than a district but smaller than a region, will be established. There will not be 40 districts in Kyrgyzstan, but more than 20 aymoqs. Each region has its own potential. For example, Issyk-Kul region can be divided into south and north. In Jalal-Abad and Osh regions, there are small districts as well as districts with development potential. They will be merged based on this principle and then divided into aymoqs," Jantaev said.

The division into aymoqs signifies the transition to the second phase of administrative-territorial reform in Kyrgyzstan. The first phase began in 2023. As part of it, the boundaries of certain districts were changed, and a number of settlements were incorporated into cities.

In April 2026, when announcing the reform, the country's president, Sadyr Japarov, stated that before implementing the new system nationwide, it was planned to initially establish a pilot aymoq as a test to trial and refine it.

"For one, two, three years, we will observe how it works: we will see whether it can manage itself independently, whether it can get off the republic budget subsidies or not. If everything goes successfully, then we will abolish the regions and districts and move to the system of okrugs (districts)," the president said.