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Kyrgyzstan
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The Ferghana Valley stretches into several countries. This article covers the part in the southwest of Kyrgyzstan.
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A historic site in the village of Safed Bulan where, according to legend, a woman named Bulan buried the heads of many of her Islamic brethren while they were busy praying and unexpectedly beheaded. It has become an Islamic pilgrimage site over time and in the running for UNESCO heritage designation. Also here is the mausoleum of Shah Fezil, the ruler of Ferghana, and some sort of fertility stone.
Osh Airport (OSS) has international flights and a domestic connection with Bishkek.
Read in the guideTo get to Chon-Alai take a marshrutka or shared taxi from Osh. But hitch-hiking might be the more economical and faster option.
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Osh is a city in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan. The city is at least 3,000 years old and today remains a lively place.
Arslanbob (Kyrgyz: Арстанбаб; Russian: Арсланбоб) is a small village in Kyrgyzstan, near Jalal-Abad.
Batken is a town of 16,000 people (2021) in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan, close by to the border crossing to Tajikistan.
For other places with similar names, see Jalalabad (disambiguation). Manas (Манас), formerly known as Jalal-Abad (also spelled Dzhalal-Abad, Djalal-Abat, Jalalabat) until 2025, is a city in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan.
Sary-Tash is a village in Kyrgyzstan in the North of the Pamirs. It is close to the Chinese and Tajik border.
Toktogul is a small city in the far north of the Ferghana Valley region of Kyrgyzstan.
Uzgen or Özgön (Kyrgyz: Өзгөн) or Uzgen (Russian: Узген) is a city of 63,000 people (2020) in Kyrgyzstan.
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