Balykchy
Sign in to saveBalykchy () is a town at the western end of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, at an elevation of about 1,900 metres. Its area is , and its resident population was 42,875 in 2021 (both including Orto-Tokoy). A major industrial and transport centre (wool and crop processing, lake shipping, rail terminal, and road junction) during the Soviet era, it lost most of its economic base after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the closure of virtually all of its industrial facilities.
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Place details
- Locality
- Балыкчы
- Region
- Ысык-Көл облусу
- Country
- Кыргызстан
- Population
- 42,875
- Timezone
- Asia/Bishkek
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Balykchy
- Settlement.native_name
- Балыкчы
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Balykchy.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Balykchy.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Issyk-Kul Region
- Settlement.established_title
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Рыбачье
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Population
- +48000
- Area
- +38
- Elevation
- +1900
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Capital of
- Issyk-Kul Region
- Official website
- www.balykchy.kg/index.php
- Image
- E8359-Balykchy-government-office.jpg
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Balykchy () is a town at the western end of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, at an elevation of about 1,900 metres. Its area is , and its resident population was 42,875 in 2021 (both including Orto-Tokoy). A major industrial and transport centre (wool and crop processing, lake shipping, rail terminal, and road junction) during the Soviet era, it lost most of its economic base after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the closure of virtually all of its industrial facilities.
The main road from Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, to China, a part of the ancient Great Silk Road, passes through Balykchy before it starts its long and arduous way across the alpine ranges of Naryn Province in central Kyrgyzstan to the Chinese border at Torugart Pass. Plans for the rail road from the Chinese border to Balykchy, where the line from Bishkek currently ends, are under discussion. Two other roads go around the north and south sides of Issyk Kul to Karakol and then around the east end of the Kungey Alatau to the far southeast of Kazakhstan.