Kant, Kyrgyzstan
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'''Kant''' is a city in the [[Chui River|Chui]] Valley of northern [[Kyrgyzstan]], some 20 km from the capital of [[Bishkek]].
It is the administrative center of the [[Ysyk-Ata District]] (formerly Kant District).
The Kyrgyz word for sugar is "kant", and the city received its name when a sugar plant was built there in the 1930s. (It is an often repeated myth that the town was named after the German philosopher [[Immanuel Kant]]).
Kant is an industrial and service center. Among notable local enterprises is the Abdysh Ata Brewery, whose products are well known throughout Kyrgyzstan.
During the Soviet era, Kant and its surrounding area were home to a large number of ethnic Germans who had been forcibly relocated to Central Asia in 1941 from the [[Volga]] region when the [[Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]] was abolished. Most left for Germany during the 1990s and after the demise of the Soviet Union when the factories where they had worked shut down. Several other nearby settlements, such as ''Luxemburg'' and [[Bergtal]], still carry their German names, but retain only very small remnants of their [[Volga Germans|Volga German]] and [[Russian Mennonite]] founders.
==Air base==
The [[Kant (air base)|Kant Air Base]] near the city is now host to the [[Russian Air Force]]'s [[5th Air Army]]'s 999th Air Base positioned in Kyrgyzstan in response to the [[United States]] presence at [[Manas Air Base]].
==Sports ==
Recently, Kant became a capital of football in Kyrgyzstan due to its contribution to the development of football. There are many new football grounds and pitches in Kant which will be kept and maintained in good condition throughout the year. Moreover, the Abdysh-Ata company recently installed in a new artificial pitch on the [[Stadion Sportkompleks Abdysh-Ata|Sportkompleks Abdysh-Ata]] - home of [[Abdish-Ata Kant]], a local [[soccer]] team - which indicates Kant's commitment to make it possible for football to thrive in Kyrgyzstan.
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Image:E8079-Pervomayskoe-mosque.jpg|The mosque in Pervomayskoe village, north of Kant
Image:E7987-Kant-main-street.jpg|City center
Image:E8008-Milyanfan-Chinese-building.jpg|In [[Milianfan]] village
Image:E8072-Milyanfan-south.jpg|In the country
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Chuy Province]]
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