Subject: SV: [BoundaryPoint] Re: News about Barak (the Kyrgyz&#39; exclave)<br/>
Date: Mar 12, 2003 @ 17:48<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1592164887"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; Or this source is not very accurate. A quick search on the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>Russophone <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; internet mentions Tajan a couple of times, but never as an enclave. <br/>
&gt; It is mentioned as an area destined at one time to be swapped <br/>
 </span></blockquote>against <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; another piece of land which would become an Uzbek corridor between <br/>
&gt; the Soch enclave and the mainland. Kyrgyzstan didn&#39;t like this plan <br/>
&gt; at the time. They probably still don&#39;t like it.<br/>
 </span></blockquote>So that would make these &quot;40ha of arable land&quot; part of Sokh at <br/>
present, but once earmarked for potential exchange to Kyrgyzstan?<br/>
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I think I&#39;ve established that Khalmion is the name of the Uzbek <br/>
enclave NW of Shakhimardan - GeoNet lists this village at 40 12 47 N, <br/>
71 38 29 E, in exactly the right spot. But perhaps you&#39;ve encountered <br/>
this name already?<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>