Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz Embassy , Mission to UNOG
Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic
 

General Information about Kyrgyz Republic

Located in the heart of Central Asia and has borders with China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

  • Capital - Bishkek ( population - 1 million)
  • Area: 198.5 thousand sq. km.,
  • Mountains 94% (high mountains 70%),
  • Valleys 6 %
  • Population: 5 million
  • Nationalities: 54% Kyrgyz,
  • 23% Russian,
  • 23% other nationalities (German, Ukrainian,  Kazakh,  Korean, Tartar,  Uigur,  Uzbek, Tajik, Dungan)

 Language: Kyrgyz - state language, Russian - official language

Kyrgyz mountains

 

 

Map of Kyrgyzstan

 
Mountains
  • Highest peaks:
  • Peak Pobeda (7439 m.);
  • Peak Lenin (7134 m.);
  • Peak Khan-Tengri (7010 m.)
  • Biggest lakes:
  • Issyk-Kul (6236 sq. km.);
  • Son-Kul (278 sq. km.);
  • Chatyr-Kul (170.6 sq. km.)

Climate:

  • Continental
  • The temperature:
  • January between -4 to -14 C;
  • July between +12 to +40 C 
  • Time: 5 hours ahead of GMT

Best time to visit:

  • Northern Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-Kul, Naryn) – June – September
  • Southern Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad, Osh) – March-October
Sunrise
Evening

The flora is rich and varied, including:

  • the largest walnut forests in the world,
  • tracts of Tian-Shan spruce,
  • a wide variety of bushes, mushrooms and medicinal herbs etc.

The fauna is very diverse with:

  • more than 80 species of mammals,
  • over 300 species of birds and
  • about 30 species of reptiles and amphibians

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