High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ysyk-Ata District (Russian: Ысык–Атинский район) is one of the eight districts of Chuy Province in the northern Kyrgyzstan. The administrative center of the district is the city of Kant, and the district itself was known as Kant District in the past. The district is located on the southern side of the Chui River, about halfway between the national capital Bishkek and the former provincial capital Tokmok.