Basic facts about Kyrgyzstan
Country name: | Kyrgyzstan |
Capital: | Bishkek |
Country code: | 303 |
Continent: | Central Asia |
Currency name: | Kyrgyzstani som |
Independence: | 1991-08-31 00:00:00 |
Independent from: | from the Soviet Union |
Total area (km2): | 199,951 |
Land area (km2): | 191,801 |
Water area (km2): | 8,150 |
Population: | 5,548,042 |
Population note: | 5,548,042 (July 2013 est.) |
Official language: | Kyrgyz (state)Russian (official) |
All languages: | Kyrgyz (official) 64.7%, Uzbek 13.6%, Russian (official) 12.5%, Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census) |
Time zone: | KGT (UTC+5 to +6) |
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Drive on: | right |
Calling code: | +996 |
Domain: | .kg |