City profile · Kyrgyzstan · Asia
Talas
Talas Region · Kyrgyzstan
City population
40,308
#11
in Kyrgyzstan
#13,879
worldwide
42.523, 72.242 · 196 km from Bishkek
About Talas
Talas is a city in Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan with a population of 40,308. It is the 11th largest of the 31 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kyrgyzstan, and the 13,879th largest worldwide. It lies 196 km from Bishkek.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Talas Region
Elevation
1,238 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bishkek
Coordinates
42.523, 72.242
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 31 in KyrgyzstanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.