Kand

This sweet name (Kand in translation from the Kyrgyz language “Sugar”) the city received in honor of the sugar factory built here in 1930. Many people mistakenly believe that the area was named after the German scientist Kant. According to data for 2009, the population of the city was 22.2 thousand residents. The city is famous for its multinational composition. The altitude of the area above sea level is 742 m. The distance from Bishkek is 20 km. There are many industrial enterprises here, the largest of which is the Abdysh Ata Brewery. During the existence of the USSR, many ethnic Germans lived in the town of Kant, who were forcibly resettled from Volzhsk to the republics of Central Asia in 1941. Many of them left for their historical homeland in Germany in the 1990s. Hurry up to purchase cheap tours to the cities of Kyrgyzstan, it is not difficult at all, just go to our website.