Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south west and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek.

According to area, the country is 86^th in the world, and 7^th of the former Soviet states. The population reached 6 million on November 26^th, 2015, which means that Kyrgyzstan is 111^th in the world according to size of population.

Date of independence (from USSR) – August 31^st, 1991.

Official languages – Kyrgyz, Russian.

Capital – Bishkek.

Biggest cities – Bishkek, Osh, Jalal-Abad, Karakol, Tokmok.

Form of government – Parliamentary republic.

Area – 199,951 km² 

Currency – Kyrgyz som.

ISO Code – KG.

IOC code – KGZ.

Time zone – UTC +6.