Jayyl (Kalinin District until May 1993) is a raion (district) of Chuy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 3,453 square kilometres (1,333 sq mi), and its resident population was 92,645 in 2009.[1] The capital lies at Kara-Balta. It also administers an exclave in the southwestern heel of Chuy Region (the Suusamyr Valley, not on map at right), separated from the rest of the Jayyl District by the Panfilov District.[2]