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Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia OASIS ON THE GREAT SILK ROAD
Location : Kyrgyzstan is a small mountainous country in the center of Central Asia occupying the 195,5 thousand square km. It borders on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan and China. Mountains occupy about 90% of the territory.
Capital: Bishkek (former Frunze), about 1,000,000 inhabitants. Bishkek is situated at the foothills of the Kyrgyz Ala Too mountain range in the center of the Chu valley, 250 km away from Almaty and 600 km away from Tashkent.
Main towns: Osh, Jalal-Abad, Karakol, Naryn, Talas.
Population: 5,000,000 people
Nationalities: Kyrgyz-60%, Russian-20%, Uzbek-14%, and others Dungan, Kazakh, Tadjik, Uigur, Korean, etc.
Languages: Kyrgyz (state), Russian (official)
Climate: Continental, average temperature in January -4 to -14 C.; in July +12 to +35 C.
Highest Mountains: Pobeda peak (7439 m), Lenin peak (7134 m.), Khan-Tengry peak (6995 m.).
Lakes: There are about 1900 lakes: Lake Issyk-Kul (6236 sq.km), Son-Kul lake (278 sq.km), Chatyr-Kul lake (170,6 sq.km), Sary-Chelek lake (5 sq.km) and others.
Religions: Islam and Christianity
Best travel time: from May to October
National currency: 1 som=100 tyin
1 USD= 41 som (March 2006)
Time: 5 hours ahead of GMT
Kyrgyzstan gained its independence on 31st August, 1991.
President is the head of Kyrgyzstan. Parliament (Jogorku Kenesh) consists of 2 chambers: Legislative and Peoples Representatives Assemblies.
Official holidays:
1 January New Year
7 January Russian Orthodox Christmas
According to the Lunar calendar Kurban Ait (Remembrance Day)
8 March International Women's Day
21 March Nooruz (Spring Day)
24 March Peoples Revolution Day
1 May International Day of Labour Solidarity
5 May Constitution Day
9 May Victory Day of World War II
31 August Independence Day
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