Burana
Burana is a village in the Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 772 in 2021. It is most famous for the Burana Tower and the associated ruins of Balasagun located near it.- Type: Village with 428 residents
- Description: village in Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan
- Also known as: “Burana, Kyrgyzstan”
- Address: Чуйский район
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burana Tower.
Burana Tower
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alga and Don-Aryk.
Alga
Village
Alga is a village in the Chüy District of Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 979 in 2021. Alga is situated 4 km northeast of Burana.
Don-Aryk
Village
Döng-Aryk is a village in the Chüy District of Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. The village was established in 1929. Its population was 3,486 in 2021. Don-Aryk is situated 4½ km west of Burana.
Ak-Beshim
Village
Ak-Beshim is a village in the Chüy District, Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan. The population of the village was 3,391 in 2021. It is the center of Ak-Beshim rural community. Ak-Beshim is situated 7 km north of Burana.
Burana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.75124° or 42° 45′ 5″ northLongitude
75.26882° or 75° 16′ 8″ eastPopulation
428Elevation
942 metres (3,091 feet)Open location code
8JJQQ729+FGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1865210255OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1528624Wikidata ID
Q12820635
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Burana” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورانا”
- Central Bikol: “Burana, Kyrgyzstan”
- Chechen: “Бурана”
- Chinese: “布拉纳”
- Dutch: “Burana, Kyrgyzstan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورانا”
- Irish: “Burana”
- Japanese: “プラナ”
- Japanese: “ブラナ村”
- Kirghiz: “Бурана”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Burana”
- Persian: “بورانا (شهرستان چوی)”
- Persian: “بورانا”
- Russian: “Бурана”
- Uzbek: “Burana (Chuy tumani)”
- Uzbek: “Burana”
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