Bishkek
- Country: Kyrgyzstan
- City: Bishkek
- Population: 976,700
- Area: 1,145,000 km2
Mayor: Aibek Junushaliev
Membership in the executive board:
Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Besides the various government buildings, there are theatres, the local Academy of Sciences (founded 1954), the Kyrgyz State University (1951), and agricultural, medical, polytechnic, and teacher-training institutes that one should visit.
The city’s industrial development started with
an extensive machine-building and metalworking in the 1960s.