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General
information
Bishkek is situated in the Chu valley at
the northern foot of the range Kyrgyz Ala Too on a sloping plain at
altitudes from 700 to 900 m above sea level (latitude 42o52l
north, longitude 74o37l east).
Bishkek is
the capital and the largest city of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan). As of 1 January 2001 the
population under the administration of the city of Bishkek Kenesh totalls
to 790,900 people, including 4,500 people comprise rural population and
786,400 people belong to urban population. The total area of city lands is
15,597 ha.
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Bishkek is divided into 4
administrative-territorial units (districts): Leninsky, Oktyabrsky, Pervomaisky and Sverdlovsky. The Chon Aryk Kenesh,
including the urban-type community Chon Aryk and the village Orto Say, is
under the administration of the Leninsky district.
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Cityadministration. Local administration
bodiesexercise state administration on the city territory. The Presidentof
the Kyrgyz Republic has enacted the decreeThe ProvisionalRegulations of
the Main Local Self-administration Bodies of the Cityof Bishkek.
The
system of the localself-administration bodies includes:
1.
The City Kenesh(Council)
is anelective representative local self-administration body consisting of36
deputies, i.e. 9 deputies from each of the four districts. TheKenesh passes
the budget, the plan of the social and economicdevelopment of the city, the
local taxes, duties, rules andregulations. The Kenesh deputies elect the
Mayor of thecity.
2.
TheMayor,sOfficeis the executive-administrative body of localself-administration.MedetbekTemirbekovichKerimkulovhas been the Mayor ofthe capital
since  1999. The Mayor,s
Office comprises district administrations,54 organizational units including
self-sustained services financedfrom the city budget and over 20
territorial departments underrepublican and city administration.
3.
Bodies of territorialpublic self-administration. They include:public
community councils (36), block (195) and house (over 500)committees, and courts
of the elders. Community councils representthe interests of residents on a
territory in state organs and thesystem of local self-administration.
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The
City Kenesh adopted the Charter and the Coat of Armsof the city of
Bishkek, the Regulations of Awarding the Titleof an Honorary Citizen of
Bishkek. A competition for the bestanthem of the city of Bishkek has
beenannounced.
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The
City Kenesh adopted the Charter and the Coat of Arms ofthe city of Bishkek,
the Regulations of Awarding the Title of anHonorary Citizen of Bishkek. A
competition for the best anthem ofthe city of Bishkek has beenannounced.
After
the transition to market relations the Bishkek cityadministration
established the Department of Municipal Property in1995.
Greenzones.Great attention is paid toplanting
of greenery in Bishkek. There are more than 20 parks andpublic gardens in
the city: the Panfilov Park, the Oak Park, the ElmWood, the Botanical
Garden, and others. On the average, there areabout 100 sq km of green
plantations per city resident. Competitionsfor the best accomplishment of
the city streets, their building upand planting of greenery in the streets
of the city are announcedannually. In 1996 200,000 soms were allocated for
bounties to bodiesthat took first places. Every year subbotniks are carried
out forcleaning the city streets and putting them in good order; theseworks
are led by the city headquarters and local self-administrationbodies in the
capital,sdistricts.
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