Bishkek City Administration starts preparations for population census

09:38, 02 марта 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA

Bishkek City Administration began preparations for the population and housing census. Press service of the city administration reported.

District census department was placed in Pervomaisky District Administration to prepare for the census procedure.

«The census department, in conjunction with the State Registration Service and the Main Architecture Department of Bishkek, is working to clarify the boundaries, names of streets and residential areas, and numbers of houses. Registration plots are formed,» the city administration reported.

The population and housing census will begin in 2020. At least 5,000 people will work during the entire period of preparation and holding of the census in Bishkek.

The main difference of the census from the previous ones is the inclusion of a block of questions on labor activity and migration in the census program, use of administrative data from the State Registration Service database (address register, real estate register and geographic information systems — digital maps).