Bishkek
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The city covers an area of 127,000 sq.km.,
The population registered as residents in the city for 2004 was 778400. (In fact, the process of re-registration is taking place … and some estimates put the actual figure at 2 million).
Bishkek is located in the central Chui valley at the foot of the Kyrgyz Krebet Mountain Range at an altitude of 760m above sea level.
The average duration of sunlight is greatest in July - 322 hours, and least in December - 126 hours.
The climate in Bishkek is sharply continental, with mid-annual air temperature of +10.2 centigrade. The coldest month is January (-4.7 degrees Ñ), the warmest July (+24.5 Ñ). The average monthly relative humidity grows from 44 % in June and July up to 74 % in March, with an annual average of 60 %.
The Average number of sunny days a year is 322 days.
Bishkek is considered to be one of the greenest cities in Central Asia, its streets are lined with trees and bushes of 150 different kinds. There are 10 parks, 48 squares, 12 squares, some recreational zones and natural wooded areas, in the area surrounding the city are some natural parks and lakes. Through city flow the Ala Archa and Alamedin rivers and the Big Chuiskiy Canal (Bolshoi Chuiskiy Canal – or BChKa)
Distances and travelling time from Bishkek to:
- Osh - 726 km - 13 hours
- Balykchy - 184 km - 3.5 hours
- Naryn - 366 km - 6 hours
- Talas - 411 km - 8 hours
- Djalal Abad - 620 km - 12 hours
- Oktabraskiy - 3200 hectares - population: 219200
- Sverdlovskiy - 2920 hectares - population: 207100
- Leninskiy - 4373 hectares - population:187400
- Pervomaiskiy - 4715 hectares - population: 158300
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