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Bishkek Бишкек | |
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Ceety | |
| Kyrgyz transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 9 | biškek |
| • BGN/PCGN | bishkek |
| • ALA-LC | bishkek |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
  Bishkek Location in Kyrgyzstan | |
| Coordinates: 42°52′29″N 74°36′44″E / 42.87472°N 74.61222°E | |
| Kintra |  Kyrgyzstan |
| Shaar | Bishkek[1] (It is, housomeviver, the caipital o the Chuy Province) |
| Raion[2] | Destricts
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| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Isa Omurkulov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 127 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (1999)[3] | |
| • Total | 762,308 |
| • Estimate (2007) | 1,250,000 |
| • Density | 6,000/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (UTC+6) |
| Area code(s) | 312 |
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Bishkek (in Kyrgyz an Roushie: Бишкек), umwhile Pishpek an Frunze, is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is an aa the admeenistrative centre o Chuy Province which surroonds the ceety, even though the ceety itsel is no pairt o the province but rather a province-level unit o Kyrgyzstan.
The name is thocht tae derive frae a Kyrgyz wird for a churn uised tae mak fermentit mare's milk (kumis), the Kyrgyz naitional drink. Foondit in 1825 as the Kyrgyz-Khokand fortress o "Bishkek", then, in 1862, named as the Russian fortress Pishpek (крепость Пишпек),[4] in 1926 the ceety wis renamed Frunze (Фрунзе), efter the Bolshevik military leader Mikhail Frunze. In 1991, the Kyrgyz parliament restored the ceety's historical name.
Bishkek is situatit at aboot 800 metres (2,600 ft) altitude juist aff the northren fringe o the Kyrgyz Ala-Too range, an extension o the Tian Shan muntain range, which rises up tae 4,855 metres (15,928 ft) an provides a spectacular backdrop tae the ceety. North o the ceety, a fertile an gently undulatin steppe extends far north intae neighborin Kazakhstan. The Chui River drains maist o the aurie. Bishkek is connectit tae the Turkestan-Siberie Railway bi a spur line.
Bishkek is a ceety o wide boulevards an marble-faced public buildings combined wi numerous Soviet-style apairtment blocks surroondin interior courtyards an, especially ootside the ceety centre, thoosans o smawer privately biggit hooses. It is laid oot on a grid pattern, wi maist streets flanked on baith sides bi narrae irrigation channels that watter the innumerable trees which provide shade in the hot simmers.
- ↑ Law on the Status of Bishkek, 16 April 1994, article 2 (in Roushie). Retrieved on 3 August 2009
- ↑ Districts of Bishkek (in Roushie). Retrieved on 3 August 2009
- ↑ a b Statoids
- ↑ 282 Гвардейский Краснознаменный мотострелковый полк имени М. В. Фрунзе в/ч 73809 п/о Подгорное Кой-Таш [1]