Sunday, July 5, 2009

Kyrgyzstan






Kyrgyzstan (pronounced /ˈkɜrɡɪstæn/; KUR-gi-stan; Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан, pronounced [qɯrʀɯzˈstɑn]; Russian: Киргизстан [ˈkirɡistan]),[dubious – discuss] officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east. The ethnonym "Kyrgyz", after which the country is named, is thought to originally mean either "forty girls" or "forty tribes", presumably referring to the epic hero Manas who, as legend has it, unified forty tribes against the Mongols.[citation needed] According to popular interpretations, the 40-ray sun on the flag of Kyrgyzstan symbolizes the forty tribes of Manas.







Capital(and largest city)
Bishkek42°52′N 74°36′E / 42.867°N 74.6°E / 42.867; 74.6
Official languages
Kyrgyz (State)Russian (Official)[1]
Ethnic groups
68.9% Kyrgyz14.4% Uzbek9.1% Russian7.6% others
Demonym
KyrgyzKyrgyzstani[2]
Government
Presidential republic
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President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
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Prime Minister
Igor Chudinov
Independence
from the Soviet Union
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Kirghiz SSR
5 December 1936
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Declared
31 August 1991
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Completed
25 December 1991
Area
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Total
199,900 km2 (86th)77,181 sq mi
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Water (%)
3.6
Population
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July 2008 estimate
5,356,869 (111th)
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1999 census
4,896,100
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Density
26/km2 (176th)67/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2008 estimate
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Total
$11.580 billion[3]
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Per capita
$2,180[3]
GDP (nominal)
2008 estimate
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Total
$5.049 billion[3]
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Per capita
$950[3]
Gini (2003)
30.3 (medium)
HDI (2007)
▼ 0.696 (medium) (116th)
Currency
Som (KGS)
Time zone
KGT (UTC+6)
Drives on the
right
Internet TLD
.kg
Calling code
996



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