Editing Bishkek (section)

===Administrative divisions===
Bishkek city covers {{convert|169.6|km2|abbr=off}}<ref name="stat09" /> and is administered separately and not part of any region. Besides the city proper, one [[urban-type settlement]] and one village are administered by the city: [[Chong-Aryk, Bishkek|Chong-Aryk]] and [[Orto-Say]].<ref name="class" /> The city is divided into 4 districts: [[Birinchi May District, Bishkek|Birinchi May]], [[Lenin District, Bishkek|Lenin]], [[Oktyabr District, Bishkek|Oktyabr]] and [[Sverdlov District, Bishkek|Sverdlov]]. Chong-Aryk and Orto-Say are part of Lenin District.<ref name="class" /> Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been discussion of [[Geographical renaming|replacing]] the Soviet era district names with ones that reflect Kyrgyz identity and history. Other former Soviet republics have widely replaced Soviet era place names; despite renaming the capital in 1991, Kyrgyzstan is the only nation in Central Asia to retain Soviet era names for districts in its capital.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Najibullah |first1=Farangis |title=Kyrgyz Politicians Annoyed Over Russian Anger At Possible Soviet-Era Name Changes |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-bishkek-name-changes-russian-anger/32162907.html |access-date=6 December 2022 |work=Radio Free Europe |date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>