KIRGHIZIA

Name:Kirghizia (Kirghiz Republic)
Local name (Kirghiz):Кыргызстан (Кыргыз Республикасы)
Local name (Russian):Киргизия (Киргизская Республика)
Bordering countries:Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China
Status:sovereign state
Surface:198.5 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):4 893 ths.
Capital:Bishkek (Бишкек)
Official languages:Kirghiz, Russian


Current national symbols

Historical symbols:
Pre-Soviet period (until 1924): see Turkistan
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991)



Commonwealth of Independent States   Soviet Union

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