About Kyrgyzstan



     Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordering KazakhstanChinaTajikistan andUzbekistan. It lies between latitudes 39° and 44° N, and longitudes 69° and 81° E. It is farther from an ocean than any other country in the world. The mountainous region of the Tian Shan covers over 80% of the country (Kyrgyzstan is occasionally referred to as "the Switzerland of Central Asia", as a result), with the remainder made up of valleys and basins.
Issyk-Kul Lake in the north-eastern Tian Shan is the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan and the second largest mountain lake in the world after Titicaca. The highest peaks are in the Kakshaal-Too range, forming the Chinese border. Peak Jengish Chokusu, at 7,439 m (24,406 ft), is the highest point and is considered by geologists (though not mountaineers) to be the northernmost peak over 7,000 m (22,966 ft) in the world. 
Bishkek in the north is the capital and largest city, with approximately 900,000 inhabitants (as of 2005). The second city is the ancient town of Osh, located in the Fergana Valley near the border with Uzbekistan. The principal river is the Kara Darya, which flows west through the Fergana Valley into Uzbekistan. Across the border in Uzbekistan it meets another major Kyrgyz river, theNaryn.



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Kyrgyz Republic
Кыргыз Республикасы
Kırgız Respublikası
Кыргызская Республика
Kyrgyzskaya Respublika
Kyrgyz (State)
Russian 
(Official)[1]
68.9% Kyrgyz
14.4% Uzbek
9.1% Russian
7.6% others
Kyrgyz
Kyrgyzstani[2]
 - 
 - 
 - 
from the Soviet Union 
 - 
14 October 1924 
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5 December 1936 
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Declared
31 August 1991 
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Completed
25 December 1991 
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Total
199,900 km2 (86th)
77,181 sq mi 
 - 
3.6
 - 
2009 estimate
5,482,000[3] (110th)
 - 
1999 census
4,896,100 
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27.4/km2 (176th)
71/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2010 estimate
 - 
Total
$12.016 billion[4] 
 - 
$2,248[4] 
GDP (nominal)
2010 estimate
 - 
Total
$4.615 billion[4] 
 - 
$863[4] 
Gini (2003)
30.3 (medium
HDI (2010)
Description: increase0.598[5] (medium) (109th)
Som (KGS)
KGT (UTC+6)
right
996
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