Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is in Central Asia, with its capital at Bishkek and an area of about 199,951 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Capital
- Bishkek
- Region
- Asia · Central Asia
- Area
- 199,951 km²
- Languages
- Kyrgyz, Russian
- Currencies
- Kyrgyzstani som (KGS)
- Natural resources
- abundant hydropower; gold, rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc
- Industries
- small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, lumber, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth metals
- Main exports
- gold, coal, precious metal ore, refined petroleum, garments
First-level divisions (8)
- Batken
- Chuy
- Issyk-Kul
- Jalal-Abad
- Naryn
- Osh
- Talas
- Bishkek
Major cities
- Bishkek (population 837,000)
- Osh (population 391,277)
- Jalal-Abad (population 248,899)
- Tokmok (population 112,860)
- Kara-Balta (population 74,133)
- Karakol (population 70,171)
- Naryn (population 52,300)
- Talas (population 35,172)