Talas is a town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, located in the Talas River valley between two mountain ranges. Its area is 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi), and its resident population was 32,886 in 2009.[1] It is the administrative headquarters of Talas Region. The town was founded by East Slavic settlers in 1877.[2] To the south is the Besh-Tash (‘five rocks’) valley with the Besh-Tash National Park.
