Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, formerly known as Pishpek, and then Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan, and the capital of the Chüy Region. It is situated near the border with Kazakhstan and has a population of around 1,200,000 people as of 2024.

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Country: Kyrgyzstan
Population: 837,000
Latitude: 42.88° N
Longitude: 74.58° E

Which way is Bishkek from…

From Paris, Bishkek lies at 68° to the east, 5,419 km as the crow flies.

Paris	68° east	5,419 km
London	69° east	5,476 km
New York	22° north	10,200 km
Madrid	60° north-east	6,264 km
Rome	67° north-east	4,980 km
Montreal	23° north-east	9,695 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	15° north	7,355 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Bishkek lies on the latitude of Sofia and Rome. From London, a flat map would say 100°, east; the compass says 69°, east too but much further north, 5,476 km away. From New York, the gap is far wider: 89° on the map, due east, against 22° on the compass, north. A landmark: Tashkent is 470 km to the west.