style="color:black">, located in the Fergana
Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the
"capital of the south". The city is at least 3,000 years old, and has
served as the administrative center of Osh
Province since 1939. The city has an ethnically mixed population of
about 220,000 (in 2003), comprising Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Russians, Tajiks, and other smaller ethnic groups.
