Kant is a city in the 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.

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