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Bishkek (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 52 23 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.8730 decimal degrees |
| Long: 074 36 01 E degrees minutes |
Long: 74.6000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded as a Kokand fortress in 19th cen.; taken by Russia in 1846 & quickly became an administrative center of the region; city was laid out on a grid with wide streets, parks & orchards. |
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| Bishkek (preferred,C,V)
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| Gorod Bishkek (C,U)
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| Bishkek Shaary (C,U,Kyrgyz)
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| Gorod Frunze (C,U)
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| Фрунзе (C,U)
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| Город Бишкек (C,U,Russian)
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| Бишкек (C,U,Kyrgyz)
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| Бишкек (Russian)
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| Бишкек Шаары (C,U,O,Kyrgyz)
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| Frunze (H,V)
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............ | name used in 1925, for Soviet military leader MV Frunze, who was born here |
| Pishpek (H,V)
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............ | used before 1926 |
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Bishkek (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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fortress was founded on the site in 1846, town founded in 1878 |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Kyrgyzstan .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [7006655] |
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