Kyrgyzstan

About Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is a country in Central Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Kyrgyz Republic. In Arabic, the name is written قيرغيزستان, and the capital بشكيك. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Bishkek lies at about 43° north and 75° east. Kyrgyzstan has 2 official languages: Kyrgyz and Russian. Its currency is the Kyrgyz Som, with the symbol ⁨с⁩ and the international code KGS.

Kyrgyzstan covers about 199,951 square kilometres, which puts it 85th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 4 neighbours: China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The largest of these neighbours by area is China. Other countries in Central Asia include Turkmenistan. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Kyrgyzstan with the other countries of the same region.