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Kyrgyzstan is located on the Asia continent (Central Asia, west of China, south of Kazakhstan .

Geographical coordinates of the country: 41 00 N, 75 00 E). The area of Kyrgyzstan is 198,500 square kilometers.

Kyrgyzstan Officially the Kyrgyz Republic is a country located in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the North, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the Southwest and China to the east. Its Capital and largest City is Bishkek.

Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven provinces administered by appointed governors. The capital, Bishkek, and the second largest city Osh are administratively independent cities with a status equal to a province.

The provinces, and independent cities, are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 City of Bishkek Batken Chuy Jalal-Abad Naryn Osh Talas Issyk-Kul City of Osh

The national language, Kyrgyz, is closely related to the other Turkic languages, with which it shares strong cultural and historical ties. Kyrgyzstan is one of the active members of the Turkic Council and the TRKSOY community. Kyrgyzstan is also a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Community, the Non-aligned movement and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

The climate varies regionally. The southwestern Fergana Valley is subtropical and extremely hot in summer, with temperatures reaching 40 C (104 F) The northern foothills are temperate and the Tian Shan varies from dry continental to polar climate, depending on elevation. In the coldest areas temperatures are sub-zero for around 40 days in winter, and even some desert areas experience constant snowfall in this period.

Terrain: peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya)132 m highest point: Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy)
7,439 m

According to the latest census, The population of Kyrgyzstan is 5,508,626 inhabitants. These are people, who lived in cities and who have citizenship of Kyrgyzstan.
Islam are 85%, Russian Orthodox are 10%, and other are 5% of the Population

Kyrgyzstan was the first of the former Soviet Central Asian republics to acquire democratic institutions. Under the constitution adopted in 2010 and fully effective when the interim government ends in 2011, the president, who is head of state, is elected by popular vote for a single six-year term. The government is headed by the prime minister. The unicameral legislature consists of the 120-member Jogorku Kenesh, the Supreme Council or Parliament; members are popularly elected by a system of proportional representation for five-year terms. No one party can hold more than 65 seats. Administratively, the country is divided into seven provinces and the capital area.

abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc.

A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, Kyrgyzstan was annexed by Russia in 1864; it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Nation-wide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the ouster of President Askar AKAYEV, who had run the country since 1990. Subsequent presidential elections in July of 2005 were won overwhelmingly by former prime minister Kurmanbek BAKIYEV. Current concerns include: privatization of state-owned enterprises, expansion of democracy and political freedoms, interethnic relations, and combating terrorism.

The native Kyrgyz are a Turkic people who first settled in the Tien Shan mountains. They were traditionally pastoral nomads. Due to extensive Russian colonization in the 1900s, Russian settlers were given much of the best agricultural land. This led to an unsuccessful and disastrous revolt by the Kyrgyz people in 1916. Kyrgyzstan became part of the Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1924 and was made an autonomous republic in 1926. It became a constituent republic of the USSR in 1936. The Soviets forced the Kyrgyz to abandon their nomadic culture and adopt modern farming and industrial production techniques.

Kyrgyzstan proclaimed its independence from the Soviet Union on Aug. 31, 1991. On Dec. 21, 1991, Kyrgyzstan joined the Commonwealth of Independent States. The country joined the UN and the IMF in 1992 and adopted a shock-therapy economic program. Voters endorsed market reforms in a referendum held in Jan. 1994, and in 1996, referendum voters overwhelmingly endorsed proposed constitutional changes that enhanced the power of the president

There is an ethnic and economic divide between the more developed north with its Kyrgyz population and the impoverished south, which is made up of Uzbeks and a diverse group of other ethnicities. About 50% of the entire population lived below the poverty line in 2003.

Kyrgyzstan architecture through the ages Despite its turbulent history of war and destruction, many architectural treasures and attractions of Kyrgyzstan have survived to tell the history of this fascinating country. Some of the oldest buildings of Kyrgyzstan date from the Middle Ages. Kyrgyzstan has a rich history dating back to antiquity. In the republic there are more than 5000 archaeological and architectural monuments of historical importance.

The Burana Tower is a large minaret in the Chuy Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan. It is located about 80 km east of the country's capital Bishkek, near the town of Tokmok

Ak-Beshim settlement (Suyab) is located at 6 kilometers north-west of Burana. It is one of the cultural and economic centers of Chu valley (VI - VII centuries). The city occupied a large territory Shakhristan (city center) with the citadel of the total area of 35 hectares, rabad (craft suburb) belonged to him, about 60 hectares. The urban area, enclosed by a thick wall from the outside, created the symbiosis of urban and rural settlements. During the excavations the remains of two Buddhist temples, Christian churches, palaces, residential tracts, irrigation networks and other attributes of the medieval architecture were found there. It is supposed that it is the initial location of the city Balasagun, subsequently overgrown to the east.

According to one of the legends, the Gumbez was built by son of Manas Semetey, who transferred there body of father, killed by enemies in Akhyrtash. In other, more spread version, the shrine was made by wife of Manas Kanikey, who ordered to write the name of wealthy woman on Gumbez to avoid attraction of enemies' attention.
The Gumbez of Manas is situated on the bank of Kenkol River not far from its confluence with Talas, at the foot of the hill which people call Observation post of Manas. There is an ancient burial ground of the Hun period (I-IV cc AD) not far from the Mausoleum.

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