Batken

Batken is a town of 16,000 people (2021) in the Ferghana Valley of Kyrgyzstan, close by to the border crossing to Tajikistan.

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The town was heavily damaged by shelling in the 2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes.

Get in

Shared taxis depart when full from Osh, taking about 5 hours and costing 1000 som when not crossing the Uzbek enclave. As the main road between Osh and Batken passes through a small bit of Uzbekistan, remember to ask the driver to go around if you do not have an Uzbek visa in addition to a multiple entry Kyrgyz visa.

40.042570.8380561 Batken International Airport (Kyrgyz: Баткен эл аралык аэропорту, Russian: Баткенский международный аэропорт). TezJet Airlines flues weekly from Bishkek on Tuesday. (updated Feb 2023)

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