Local time
Thu, 6:09 AM GMT+6Asia/BishkekCityCapital
Bishkek
42.88° N, 74.58° E
- Population
- 837,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 8
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 8 cities of Kyrgyzstan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Kyrgyzstan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1825
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 750 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 127 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Named after
- Mikhail Frunze
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Asia/Bishkek
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Bishkek, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Bishkek have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
