OSH

Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош) is the second largest city inKyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (estimated to be more than 3000 years old), and has served as the administrative center of Osh Region since 1939. The city has an ethnically mixed population of about 255,800 in 2012, comprising Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Russians,Tajiks, and other smaller ethnic groups.

Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Osh Region
Government
• Mayor	Aitmamat Kadyrbaev
Elevation	963 m (3,159 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	255,900
Time zone	KGT (UTC+6)

Early history[edit]

The inhabitants of Osh repulse the occupiers of their city and assistBabur.

The city is among the oldest settlements in Central Asia. Osh was known as early as the 8th century as a center for silk production along the Silk Road. The famous trading route crossed Alay Mountains to reach Kashgar to the east. In modern times, Osh has become also the starting point of the Pamir Highway crossing thePamir Mountains to end in Khorog, Tajikistan.^{[citation needed]}

Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire and descendant ofTamerlane, was born in nearby Andijan, in the Fergana Valley, pondered his future on Sulayman Mountain and even constructed a mosque atop of the mountain. Babur somehow concludes that the confines of the Fergana would cramp his aspirations as a descendant of famous conquering warrior princes. He wrote of the city.

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