for the river see Arashan River

Arashan River

The Arashan River is a river of northeastern Kyrgyzstan, flowing near Karakol and Issyk Kul Lake. It flows through the Altyn Arashan, a mountain resort of hot springs and forested valley. The Palatka Glacier looms over the river and valley.-External links:*...

Arashan is a large village located just to the south of city of Bishkek

Bishkek

Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to...

, in northern Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

. The road leading north to Bishkek (about 22 km to the centre) becomes the M39 highway which links Bishkek to Almaty

Almaty

Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

 in Kazakhstan in the northeast. Nearby settlements include Tash-Moinok just to the northeast and Besh Kungei along the main road to the north, Chon-Tash to the northwest, Vorontsovskoye to the southwest and Cois Tache and Prohladnoe to the southeast. It lies in a fertile valley with lush green fields. There is a plantation to the north.