Kyrgyzstan Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Kyrgyzstan with its capital Bishkek is located in Asia (Central Asia, west of China). It covers some 198,501 square kilometres (slightly smaller than South Dakota) with 5,356,000 citizens. Kirghiz, Uzbek and Russian are the languages used by people in Kyrgyzstan (consider regional differences). China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are bordering countries.

Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions.

Pictures from Capital (Bishkek)

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About Kyrgyzstan

The terrain offers peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation. The average density of population is about 26 per km². The climate in Kyrgyzstan can be described as dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan Mountains with subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley), temperate in northern foothill zone. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Kyrgyzstan dial +996 prior to a number. There are 498,300 installed telephones. And there are 4,487,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".kg". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 8 regions/states in Kyrgyzstan we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Kyrgyzstani population grew at a rate of 1.41% (or by 77,947 citizens). With 37,734 deaths and 129,893 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.67%. -14,212 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Kyrgyzstan: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.