Kemin
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Kemin
| native_name = Кемин
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|47|10|N|75|41|30|E|region:KG|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Kyrgyzstan
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Chüy Region
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Kemin District
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1912
| established_title1 = City status
| established_date1 = 2012
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| elevation_m = 1123
| population_total = 10354
| population_as_of = 2021
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Kemin (before 1992: Bystrovka){{cite encyclopedia|url=https://new.bizdin.kg/media/books/География_Кыргызстана.pdf|title=Кемин|trans-title=Kemin|encyclopedia=Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan]|page=582|language=ky|year=2004|location=Bishkek}} is a city in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, the administrative headquarters of Kemin District in Chüy Region. Its population was 10,354 in 2021.{{cite Kyrgyzstan population 2021}} It is located about 95 km eastward of Bishkek on the left bank of the river Chüy in the Chüy Valley. Kemin was established in 1912.{{cite book|title=Чүй облусу:Энциклопедия|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Chüy Oblast|publisher=Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Encyclopedia|language=ky, ru|location=Bishkek
|year=1994|isbn=5-89750-083-5|pages=718}} Kemin received city right in 2012.[http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ru-ru/203768 Law 27 September 2012 No. 168 on the transformation of individual urban settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic and relating them to the category of village or city]
Population
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|1970|9657
|1979|11706
|1989|13651
|1999|11401
|2009|8169
|2021|10354
|footnote= Note: resident population; Sources:{{cite Kyrgyzstan census 2009|Chuy|235}}
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Notable people
- Askar Akayevich Akayev (born 10 November 1944), first President of the Kyrgyz Republic,
- Bolot Beyshenaliyev (25 June 1937 - 18 November 2002), Kyrgyz cinematographer, film and theater actor.
References
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Category:Populated places in Chüy Region
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