Kyrgyzstan on the map of Central Asia
An introduction in facts and figures to this landlocked country in the east of Central Asia
Official Name
The Kyrgyz Republic (possible Kyrgyzstan or Kirgiziya)
President of Kyrgyzstan
Almazbek Atambayev
Total land area of Kyrgyzstan
199,900 sq km
Nationality of Kyrgyzstan
Population – 5,482,000 million
Life expectancy at birth – 69.43 years
- male: 65.53 years
- female: 73.64 years (2009 est.)
Population living in cities – 34%
What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
The capital is Bishkek – 835,800 inhabitants
Regional centres of Kyrgyzstan:
Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven provinces administered by appointed governors. Two big cities Bishkek and Osh are administratively independent cities with a status equal to a province.
- City of Bishkek – 835,800 inhabitants
- Batken - 428,800 inhabitants
- Chuy - 790,438 inhabitants
- Jalal-Abad - 930,630 inhabitants
- Naryn - 271,000 inhabitants
- Osh - 1,299,500 inhabitants
- Talas - 219,800 inhabitants
- Issyk-Kul - 437,200 inhabitants
- City of Osh - 220,000 inhabitants
Ethnicity
- Kyrgyz - 70.9 %
- Uzbeks - 14.3 %
- Russians - 7.8 %
- Dungans - 1.1 %
- Uygurs - 0.9 %
- Tajiks - 0.9 %
- Turks - 0.7 %
- Kazakhs - 0.6 %
- Tatars - 0.6 %
- Ukrainians - 0.4 %
- Koreans - 0.3 %
- Azeris - 0.3 %
- Germans - 0.2 %
- Others - 0.8 %
(Source: 2009 census)
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Languages spoken in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz and Russian
National holidays in Kyrgyzstan
Independence Day, August 31
Currency of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstani som (KGS)
Economic indicators
GDP (nominal)2010 estimate
- Total$4.615 billion
- Per capita $863
Commodity structure of export:
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
Commodity structure of import:
oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
Main Exports - partners of Kyrgyzstan (2010):
- Russia 35.7%
- Uzbekistan 21.9%
- Kazakhstan 17.3%
- China 5.4%
- UAE 4.6%
- Afghanistan 4.3%
Imports - partners of Kyrgyzstan (2010):
- China 61%
- Russia 17.2%
- Kazakhstan 5.7%
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Main Industries of Kyrgyzstan
- small machinery
- textiles
- food processing
- cement
- shoes
- sawn logs
- refrigerators
- furniture
- electric motors
- gold
- rare earth metals
Area of farmland in Kyrgyzstan
Agriculture
Areas of speciality in agriculture: tobacco, cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and berries; sheep, goats, cattle, wool
Natural resources
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
Labor force in Kyrgyzstan:
2.344 million
Distribution of employed population across key economic sectors:
- agriculture: 48%
- industry: 12.5%
- services: 39.5%
Unemployment in Kyrgyzstan
- 470,000 thousand unemployed
Communication Facilities in Kyrgyzstan
- Telephone: main telephone equipment – about 498,300, users of mobile phones – 4.487 million
- Internet users: more than 2.195 million
Transportation
- Railways – 470 km
- Roadways – 34,000 km
- Waterways - 600 km
- Airports - 28
- Oil pipelines – 16 km
- Gas pipelines – 480 km
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