Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan (officially Kyrgyz Republic) is a country in Central Asia, with its capital at Bishkek, and is home to roughly 7.2M people.
Its official languages are Kyrgyz, Russian; the currency in circulation is Kyrgyzstani som (с); people from here are called Kirghiz.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Over 90% of the country is mountainous.
- »The Epic of Manas is one of the longest poems ever recorded.
> BORDERS_
Kyrgyzstan touches four neighbours: China to the east, Kazakhstan to the northwest, Tajikistan to the southwest and Uzbekistan to the west. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Bishkek sits at the foot of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too range at about 800 m, laid out by Russian planners on a strict grid with irrigation channels along the streets.
> SCALE_
198,990 km² (76,830 sq mi), 85th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Senegal.
Population 7,221,868, 106th of 198 on file. That averages 36 per km² (94 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The sun's forty rays stand for the forty tribes united by the epic hero Manas; the crossed lines at its centre depict the roof opening of a yurt, seen from inside.
Easily confused with Vietnam and Montenegro.
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