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Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош, romanised Osh; Uzbek: O‘sh/Ўш) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (estimated to be more than 3,000 years old) and has served as the administrative center of Osh Region since 1939. The city has an ethnically mixed population of 322,164 , comprising Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Koreans, and other smaller ethnic groups. It is ab…