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Bishkek is situated near the border with Kazakhstan and has a population of 1,074,075, as of 2021. Bishkek is the primate city of Kyrgyzstan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 17% of all inhabitants of the country live in Bishkek's metropolitan area.
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Osh Bazaar (Kyrgyz: Ош базары [oʃ bɑzɑrɯ]) is one of the...
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Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked...
- White House, Bishkek
References. White House, Bishkek. Coordinates: 42°52′38.25″N...
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Bishkek, formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of the region but rather a region-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek (Бишкек) is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan. It has a population of 900,000 (2005). It was originally founded in 1878 as the Russian fortress of Pishpek (Пишпек). From 1926 until 1991 it was known as Frunze (Фрунзе), after the Bolshevik military leader Mikhail Frunze.
Bishkek is the capital and largest city of a central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions. Landlocked and entirely mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is dominated by the Tien Shan range, with many tall peaks, glaciers , and high-altitude lakes .
It is the largest mountain lake in Asia and the second largest mountain lake in the world after Titicaca. Peak Jengish Chokusu, at 7,439 m (24,406 ft), is the highest point. The highest peaks are in the Kakshaal-Too range. Bishkek, the capital city, is in the north. It is largest city in Kyrgyzstan.
