Bishkek
Bishkek, the capital and largest city in Kyrgyzstan, sits at the foothills of the Tien Shan mountain range in the Chui Valley. It is a relatively new city with few historical sites, but it makes a great place to start your trips to the mountains and alpine lakes of the Tien Shan.
- City with about 1,190,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 750 metres (2,460 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code FRU
- …was formerly known as “Фрунзе”
- Description: capital city of Kyrgyzstan
- Also known as“Pishkek”“Pishpek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dolen Omurzakov Stadium and American University of Central Asia.
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
The Dolen Omurzakov Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
American University of Central Asia
University
The American University of Central Asia, formerly the…
National Historical Museum
The National History Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic is a museum located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alamüdün and Lebedinovka.
Lebedinovka
Lebedinovka is a village on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.
Tömönkü Ala-Archa
Village
Tömönkü Ala-Archa is a village in the Alamüdün District, Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
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Latitude
42.8761° or 42° 52′ 34″ north
Longitude
74.6037° or 74° 36′ 13″ east
UN/LOCODE
KG FRU
Open location code
8JJPVJG3+FF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zulu—“Bishkek” goes by many names.
BishkèkAchinese
BisjkekAfrikaans
BishkekAlbanian
BishkekuAlbanian
ቢሽኬክAmharic
بيشككArabic
BishkekAragonese
ԲիշկեքArmenian
ԲիշքեկArmenian
BixkekAsturian
बिस्केकAwadhi
BişkekAzerbaijani
BishkekBalinese
БешкәкBashkir
БишкәкBashkir
BishkekBasque
BixkekBasque
БішкекBelarusian
ФрунзеBelarusian
ФрунзэBelarusian
বিশকেকBengali
BiskèkBetawi
बिश्केकBhojpuri
BishkekBosnian
BiškekBosnian
BichkekBreton
БишкекBulgarian
ФрунзеBulgarian
ဘီရှကက်မြို့Burmese
BixkekCatalan
BishkekCebuano
BishkekCentral Bikol
بیشکێکCentral Kurdish
БишкекChechen
ᏈᏍᎨᎩCherokee
伏龙芝Chinese
比什凯克Chinese
比什凱克Chinese
比斯凱克Chinese
皮什别克Chinese
БишкекChuvash
BişkekCrimean Tatar
BiškekCroatian
BiškekCzech
BisjkekDanish
BişkekDimli (individual language)
BişqeqDimli (individual language)
BisjkekDutch
БишкекEastern Mari
بيشكيكEgyptian Arabic
Бишкек ошErzya
BiŝkekoEsperanto
BiškekEstonian
PišpekEstonian
BisjkekFaroese
BishkekFiji Hindi
BiškekFinnish
BişkekGagauz
BixkekGalician
ბიშკეკიGeorgian
ΜπισκέκGreek
BiskekGuarani
બિશ્કેકGujarati
BichkekHaitian
BishkekHakka Chinese
BishkekHausa
בישקקHebrew
बिश्केकHindi
BişkekHungarian
PispekHungarian
BishkekIcelandic
BishkekIdo
BishkekIloko
BishkekIndonesian
BishkekInterlingua
BishkekInterlingue
BishkekIrish
BişkekItalian
PišpekItalian
ビシュケクJapanese
BishkekJavanese
ಬಿಷ್ಕೆಕ್Kannada
BishkekKara-Kalpak
BiszkekKashubian
БишкекKazakh
БішкекKazakh
БишкекKirghiz
Бишкек шаарыKirghiz
ПишпекKirghiz
ФрунзеKirghiz
BishkekKölsch
BishkekKomering
БишкекKomi
BiskekKongo
비슈께크Korean
비슈케크Korean
프룬제Korean
BîşkekKurdish
ບິສເຄກLao
BiscecumLatin
PisphecumLatin
BiškekaLatvian
BishkekLigurian
BisjkekLimburgan
BixcecLingua Franca Nova
BiškekasLithuanian
BiškekLivvi
BiškekLombard
BischkekLow German
BiškekLower Sorbian
BischkekLuxembourgish
BişkekLuxembourgish
BishkekMacedo-Romanian
БишкекMacedonian
पिश्पेकMagahi
फ्रूनजेMagahi
बिश्केकMagahi
बिस्केकMagahi
विस्केकMaithili
BishkekMalagasy
BishkekMalay
ബിഷ്കെക്ക്Malayalam
BishkekMaltese
बिश्केकMarathi
بيشککMazanderani
بیشککMazanderani
BishkekMin Dong Chinese
BishkekMin Nan Chinese
BishkekMinangkabau
ბიშკეკიMingrelian
БишкекMoksha
БишкекMongolian
بيشكيكMoroccan Arabic
BishkekNauru
Łeezh Bee BineʼadziihiiNavajo
विस्केकNepali
BischkekNorthern Frisian
بیشککNorthern Luri
BisjkekNorwegian
BisjkekNorwegian Bokmål
BisjkekNorwegian Nynorsk
BishkekNovial
BishkekNupe-Nupe-Tako
BishkekOccitan (post 1500)
BishquecOccitan (post 1500)
БишкекOssetian
ਬਿਸ਼ਕੇਕPanjabi
BiskekPapiamento
بیشککPersian
BishkekPiemontese
BiszkekPolish
بشککPushto
بشکیکPushto
BișkekRomanian
БишкекRussia Buriat
БишкекRussian
ФрунзеRussian
БішкекRusyn
BishkekSardinian
BishkekScots
BishkekScottish Gaelic
БишкекSerbian
BiškekSerbo-Croatian
BishkekShona
BiszkekSilesian
بشڪيڪSindhi
බිෂ්කෙක්Sinhala
BiškekSlovak
BiškekSlovenian
بیشککSouth Azerbaijani
BishkekSwahili
BisjkekSwedish
BishkekTagalog
BiskekTagalog
БишкекTajik
BişkekTalysh
பிசுக்கெக்Tamil
பிஷ்கெக்Tamil
பிஸ்கெக்Tamil
БишкәкTatar
బిశ్కెక్Telugu
బిష్కెక్Telugu
บิชเคกThai
པི་སི་ཁེགTibetan
བི་སི་ཀེཀTibetan
BişkekTurkish
BişkekTurkmen
БишкекUdmurt
BishkekUighur
بىشكەكUighur
БішкекUkrainian
ПишпекUkrainian
BiškekUpper Sorbian
بشکیکUrdu
BishkekUzbek
Қирғизистон пойтахтиUzbek
BiškekVenetian
BiškekVeps
BishkekVietnamese
BişkekVolapük
BishkekWaray (Philippines)
BishkekWelsh
BisjkekWestern Frisian
БишкекWestern Mari
بشکیکWestern Panjabi
比什凯克Wu Chinese
БишкекYakut
בישקעקYiddish
BishkekYoruba
比什凱克Yue Chinese
i-BishkekZulu
Bixquec
Frunze
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Localities in the Area
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