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Batken
Sign in to saveBatken (also called Batkent) is a town in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, on the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley. It is the administrative seat of Batken Region. Since 2000, it is a city of regional significance, i.e. not part of a district. However, it is still the administrative seat of Batken District. Its area is , and its resident population was 27,730 in 2021 (both including the villages Bulak-Bashy, Kyzyl-Jol and Bazar-Bashy). The population of the town proper was 15,805.
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Batken is a city and human settlement in Kyrgyzstan, serving as the capital of both Batken Region and Batken District. It was established in 1934 and has a population of 27,730. The city covers an area of 205 and sits at an elevation of 1,036 meters above sea level. Its local dialing code is 3622, and it operates in the Asia/Bishkek time zone.
The settlement is located within the administrative entities of Batken Region and Osh Region. While specific weather data indicates a current temperature of 15.25 and humidity of 77, the city's primary geographic identifiers include its coordinates and status as a regional center.
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Place details
- Locality
- Баткен
- Region
- Баткен облусу
- Country
- Кыргызстан
- Population
- 27,730
- Timezone
- Asia/Bishkek
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Batken
- Settlement.native_name
- Баткен
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Batken.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Coat of arms of Batken city.png
- 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_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 30px Kyrgyzstan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Batken Region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Gubernator
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sultanbay Ayjigitov
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 205
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 27730
- Settlement.population_urban
- 15805
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Located in
- Osh Region
- Population
- 13435
- Area
- 205
- Elevation
- 1036
- Capital of
- Batken District
- Dialing code
- 3622
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- inception
- 1934-00-00
- Commons category
- Batken
- P12749
- Unna
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Travel guide
Understand
The town was heavily damaged by shelling in the 2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes.
Get in
Shared taxis depart when full from Osh, taking about 5 hours and costing 1000 som when not crossing the Uzbek enclave. As the main road between Osh and Batken passes through a small bit of Uzbekistan, remember to ask the driver to go around if you do not have an Uzbek visa in addition to a multiple entry Kyrgyz visa.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Population
- Climate
- References
Batken (also called Batkent) is a town in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, on the southern fringe of the Fergana Valley. It is the administrative seat of Batken Region. Since 2000, it is a city of regional significance, i.e. not part of a district. However, it is still the administrative seat of Batken District. Its area is , and its resident population was 27,730 in 2021 (both including the villages Bulak-Bashy, Kyzyl-Jol and Bazar-Bashy). The population of the town proper was 15,805.
==History== The name Batkent is from the Iranian language of Sogdian and means "The city of wind". Batken became the administrative headquarters of the youngest of Kyrgyzstan's seven regions, created from the three westernmost districts of Osh Region in 1999, after concerns over radical Islamist activities in neighboring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan led to demands for a more direct and visible governmental presence in this remote and mountainous region. Batken Airport links the town with Bishkek. Since 2000, there is a small university in Batken.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Batken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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