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Bishkek (Kyrgyz: Бишкек) is the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The city has a population of 866,300 (2004 estimate) and is the economic, cultural, political and scientific center of the country. The city is also the main transport hub of the country and the surrounding oblast chu. However, the city is not part of this, but is an independent political unit (shaary) within the country.
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There is much doubt about the origin of the names Pishpek and Bishkek. It could perhaps be a misspelling of the Uzbek "Beshbek", meaning "five Beks", where "Bek" is a leader of an administrative region within Khanates or regions in Bukhara.
Another more legendary explanation is sought in a connection between the city and the Kyrgyz word for a churn with which fermented milk can be whipped into (for example) the drink Kumys.
As a more scientifically substantiated explanation, it is also given that the word derives from a folk etymological interpretation of an ancient word for "place under the mountains".
Arrive
By plane
Manas . International Airport (IATA: FRU, ICAO: UAFM) is the airport of Bishkek, it is the headquarters of the national airline Kyrgizstan airlines.
By train
By car
By bus
By boat
Travel around
To look at
- statues of Lenin and Frunze.
- the equestrian statue of the legendary Kyrgyz hero Manas.
- the "Victory Monument" consisting of three curved spirals that together form an arch in the shape of a yurt (the nomadic tent of the Kyrgyz).
- the Kyrgyz White House, where the party leadership met during the time of the Kyrgyz SSR and what now serves as the presidential palace.
- the Ala-Artsjan Nature Park is located slightly east of the city.
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To learn
To work
To buy
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