Bishkek

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capital city city

Bishkek is the largest city and political, economic, and cultural center of Kyrgyzstan, located in the north of the country near the Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain range.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
city of Frunze (now Bishkek) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
administrativeStatus city of republican significance ⓘ
borderedBy Kazakhstan (to the north, across the border from the region) ⓘ
climateClassification continental climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency Kyrgyzstani som ⓘ
drainageBasin Chu River ⓘ
surface form: Chu River basin
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 800 meters ⓘ
formerName Frunze ⓘ
Pishpek ⓘ
hasFunction seat of government of Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
hasGreenSpace Oak Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panfilov Park ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport Manas International Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark Ala-Too Square ⓘ
Osh Bazaar ⓘ
State History Museum of Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Victory Square ⓘ
hasPublicTransport marshrutka minibus system ⓘ
trolleybus network ⓘ
hasUniversity American University of Central Asia ⓘ
Kyrgyz National University ⓘ
Kyrgyz State Technical University ⓘ
hosts Government House of Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
presidential residence of Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
isCapitalOf Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLargestCityOf Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPoliticalCenterOf Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInNorthernPartOf Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Chüy Region ⓘ
locatedNear Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain range NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Mikhail Frunze ⓘ
officialLanguage Kyrgyz ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
partOf Chüy Region ⓘ
surface form: Chüy Valley
populationEstimate over 1,000,000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Bishkek–Osh highway ⓘ
subregion Central Asia ⓘ
timeZone Bhutan Time ⓘ
surface form: Kyrgyzstan Time
urbanType planned Soviet city ⓘ
usesScriptForKyrgyz Cyrillic script ⓘ
utcOffset +6 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyrgyzstan → capital → Bishkek ⓘ
Almaty → hasTwinCity → Bishkek ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Frunze (now Bishkek)
Kyrgyzstan → largestCity → Bishkek ⓘ
Chu River → passesNear → Bishkek ⓘ