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Local time Friday 10:29 PMWeather 9°C, Partly cloudyOuter Index 40 · #295 of 1912 today

Bishkek, formerly known as Pishpek, and then Frunze (1926–1991), is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan, and the capital of the Chüy Region. It is situated near the border with Kazakhstan and has a population of around 1,200,000 people as of 2024.

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In the news

• Central Asian Nations Adopt Bishkek Declaration on Connectivity, Cooperation
  miragenews.com · 8 h ago
• CIIE reflects China's expanding high-standard opening-up -- Kyrgyz economist
  chinanationalnews.com · 8 h ago · 4 outlets
• Киргизстан слідом за Казахстаном закликав Росію повернути завербованих на війну з Україною громадян — DSnews.uaUkrainian
  dsnews.ua · 1 h ago
• Воспитательница детсада № 68 в Бишкеке отрицает избиение ребенка » Gazeta.kg - новости Кыргызстана и Бишкека сегодняRussian
  gazeta.kg · 9 h ago
• В Бишкеке демонтировали 53 незаконно установленные рекламные конструкции » Gazeta.kg - новости Кыргызстана и Бишкека сегодняRussian
  gazeta.kg · 9 h ago
• В Бишкеке повторно выставили на аукцион 16 участков под туалеты » Gazeta.kg - новости Кыргызстана и Бишкека сегодняRussian
  gazeta.kg · 9 h ago
• Interview: CIIE reflects China's expanding high-standard opening-up -- Kyrgyz economist-Xinhua
  english.news.cn · 9 h ago
• Kyrgyz foreign-invested firms' transport, telecom services at $359M in 2025
  trend.az · 17 h ago

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This week

Things to do in Bishkek this weekend

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Weather this week

• Fri9° / 8°Cloudy
• Sat21° / 7°Partly cloudy
• Sun24° / 9°Partly cloudy
• Mon21° / 11°Cloudy
• Tue16° / 10°Showers

Forecast by MET Norway, CC BY 4.0, updated 3 h ago.

Nearby

• Osh 300 km

Learn here

• Kyrgyz National University 22,000 students
• Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University 11,000 students
• Bishkek Humanities University 9,000 students
• Bishkek Academy of Finance and Economics 2,000 students
• Presidential Academy of Management
• International University of Kyrgyzstan
• I.Arabaev Kyrgyz State University
• University of Central Asia

Universities and colleges within 25 km, from Wikidata, CC0.

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