Balykchy

Balykchy (Балыкчы) is a city of 51,000 people (2021) at Issyk Kul. It was the center of the lake's fishing fleet, but has suffered a major decline since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It now only on the path to the tourist sites of the lake, but largely by-passed.

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