Kemin (before 1992: ''Bystrovka'')
is a city in northeastern
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...
, the administrative headquarters of
Kemin District in
Chüy Region. Its population was 10,354 in 2021.
It is located about 95 km eastward of
Bishkek on the left bank of the river
Chüy in the
Chüy Valley
The Chüy Valley (; ; ) is a large valley located in northern Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan, in the northern part of the Tian Shan. It extends from Boom Gorge in the east to Muyunkum Desert in the west. It is long and has an area of about . ...
. Kemin was established in 1912.
Kemin received city right in 2012.
[Law 27 September 2012 No. 168 on the transformation of individual urban settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic and relating them to the category of village or city]
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Population
Notable people
* Askar Akayevich Akayev (born 10 November 1944), first President of the Kyrgyz Republic,
* Bolot Beyshenaliyev (25 June 1937 - 18 November 2002), Kyrgyz cinematographer, film and theater actor.
References
Populated places in Chüy Region
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