Jalal-Abad Province

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Jalal-Abad Province
Жалал-Абад областы

Country	Kyrgyzstan
Capital	Jalal-Abad
Area	33,700 km² (13,012 mi²)
Population	962,200 (2005)
Density	28.6 /km² (74 /mi²)
Governor	Zhusupbek Sharipov
ISO 3166-2	KG-J

Jalal-Abad Province (Kyrgyz: Жалал-Абад областы) is a province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Jalal-Abad.

The area has several mountain lakes, walnut forests, and mineral waters. It has also the worlds largest natural growing walnut woods, called Arslanbob, which covers a large part of the region. An integral part of the country's power system is Toktogul hydroelectric power station, which supplies electricity and water to both Kyrgyzstan and neighboring republics.

People in this region grow wheat, fruit, vegetables, maize, nuts, tobacco and silk-worm cocoons. Jalal-Abad province also a few light-industry plants and hydroelectric stations. Minerals, natural gas, coal, metals and oil mining can be found here, most notably in the town of Kochkor-Ata, which is home to numerous foreign and domestic oil companies.

Sary-Chelek is a nature reserve in the Jalal-Abad province with a beautiful alpine lake surrounded by wild fruit orchards and peaks. There are unlimited trekking possibilities in the area, although the lack of infrastructure can make this problematic.

A few Soviet-era resorts offer mineral water treatment programs for people with various chronic diseases. A number of companies have succeeded in trading bottled mineral water around the country and abroad.