Osh

Osh Ош
Clockwise from top: view of Osh from Sulayman Mountain; Sulayman-Too Mosque; statue of Manas; bridge over the Ak-Buura; view of Sulayman Mountain from Osh; flagpole on Sulayman Mountain; Gapar Aytiev [ru] Street; and Osh State University
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Osh Location in Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates: 40°31′48″N 72°48′0″E / 40.53000°N 72.80000°E / 40.53000; 72.80000
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Osh City
Government
• Mayor	Bakytbek Zhetigenov[1]
Area [2]
• City	182.5 km2 (70.5 sq mi)
Elevation	963 m (3,159 ft)
Population  (March 2024)[3]
• City	454,858
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
• Urban	650,000
Time zone	UTC+6 (KGT)
Area code(s)	02, Z, O
Website	oshcity.kg

Osh (Kyrgyz and Russian: Ош; Uzbek: Osh/Ош) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south".^[4] It is the oldest city in the country (estimated by UNESCO^[5] to be more than 3,000 years old) and has served as the administrative center of Osh Region since 1939. The city has an ethnically mixed population of 322,164 in 2021^[update],^[3] comprising Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Koreans, and other smaller ethnic groups.