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Bishkek

capital city of Kyrgyzstan
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Summary

Bishkek is a first-level administrative division[1]. Bishkek ranks in the top 10% of first level administrative division entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,987 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Order of Manas, 1st class[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kyrgyzstan[4]
  • Country: Kyrgyzstan[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Ala-Arça[6]
  • Head of government: Aziz Surakmatov[7], Dzhunushaliev Aibek Dzhanyshbekovich[8]
  • Instance of: big city[9]
  • Shares border with: Chuy Region[10]
  • Flag: Flag of Bishkek[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Amman[12], Ankara[13], Colorado Springs[14], İzmir[15], Qazvin[16], Almaty[17], Astana[18], Kyiv[19], Minsk[20], Saint Petersburg[21], Doha[22], Chemnitz[23], Wuhan[24], Ashgabat[25]
  • Postal code: 720000–720085[26]
  • Commons category: Bishkek[27]
  • Licence plate code: B[28], E[29], 01[30]
  • Local dialing code: 312[31]
  • Enclave within: Chuy Region[32]
  • Inception: 1825[33]
  • Official website: http://meria.kg[34], https://bishkek.gov.kg/[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bishkek[36]
  • Commons gallery: Bishkek[37]
  • Population: 937,400[38], 965,900[39], 92,783[40], 223,831[41], 430,618[42], 532,931[43], 610,630[44], 750,327[45], 821,915[46], 6615[47], 1,120,827[48], 1,145,044[49], 1,191,000[50]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1760[51]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[54], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[55]
  • Capital of: Kyrgyzstan[56]

Why It Matters

Bishkek has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Bishkek is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

FAQs

What awards did Bishkek receive?

Honors received include Order of Manas, 1st class[3].

Related Entities

Ala-Too International University Alina Anisimova American University of Central Asia Amman Ashgabat Bishkek Humanities University Felix Kulov I.Arabaev Kyrgyz State University Institut Français d'Études sur l'Asie Centrale International University of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz National Agrarian University Kyrgyz National Conservatory Kyrgyz National University Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University Kyrgyzskaya State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz State Medical Academy Kyrgyz State University of Construction Transportation and Architecture Kyrgyz Technical University Liège Mikhail Frunze Roza Otunbayeva Russian Empire Russian Republic Shenzhen University of Central Asia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . president.kg. Retrieved . president.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . izmir.bel.tr. izmir.bel.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . old.kyivcity.gov.ua. old.kyivcity.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . kvs.gov.spb.ru. kvs.gov.spb.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . bishkek.gov.kg. bishkek.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . stat.kg. stat.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 1939 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 1959 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 1970 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . 1979 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . 1989 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . 1999 census of Kyrgyzstan. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . census of Kyrgyzstan 2009. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Russian Empire census. demoscope.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . stat.kg. stat.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . stat.gov.kg. Retrieved . stat.gov.kg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'ace', 'af', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'azb', 'b
    Sitelink count → 186
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  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  3. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → first-level administrative division, big city
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  5. 19w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → Flag of Bishkek
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag: Flag of Bishkek, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780201126357"
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