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Soviet Il-28 bomber monument in Tokmok 20080830
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Yusuf Has Hajib Balasaguni, author of the Kutadgu Bilig, is said to have been born in the area of Tokmok.

Tokmok
Kyrgyzstan
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Tokmok

Kyrgyzstan

Country
Kyrgyzstan
Population
71.8K
Coordinates
42.83, 75.30
1174th most populous city in the world

Tokmok is a city in the Chüy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan, east of the country's capital of Bishkek, with a population of 71,443 in 2021. Its elevation is 816 m above sea level. From 2003 to 2006, it was the administrative seat of Chüy Region. Just to the north is the river Chu and the border with Kazakhstan.

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