Arashan is a village located to the south of city of

Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...

, in northern

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

. Its population was at 3,791 in 2021. The road leading north to Bishkek (about 22 km to the centre) becomes the M39 highway which links Bishkek to

Almaty, Kazakhstan Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

in the northeast. Nearby settlements include Tash-Moynok just to the northeast and Besh-Küngöy along the main road to the north, Chong-Tash to the northwest, Vorontsovskoye to the southwest and

Koy-Tash Koy-Tash is a village in the Alamüdün District of Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to ...

and Prokhladnoye to the southeast. It lies in a fertile valley with lush green fields. There is a plantation to the north.

Notable people

Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov Asankhan Dzhumakhmatovich Dzhumakhmatov (16 June 1923 – 21 June 2008) was a Soviet and Kyrgyzstani composer and conductor of the Soviet era, born in Arashan. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1944, he was named a People ...

(1923–2008) - Kyrgyz composer. *

Almazbek Atambayev Almazbek Sharshen uluu Atambayev ( ky, Алмазбек Шаршен уулу Атамбаев, translit=Almazbek Şarşen uulu Atambayev; born 17 September 1956) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1 December 2 ...

(born 1956) - 4th

President of Kyrgyzstan The president of Kyrgyzstan, officially the president of the Kyrgyz Republic (russian: Президент Киргизской Республики; ky, Кыргыз Республикасынын Президенти), is the head of state an ...

References

Populated places in Chüy Region {{Chuy-geo-stub