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Area: 198,500 sq km
Population: 5 million
Capital City: Bishkek (population: 600,000)
People: 67% Kyrgyz, 14% Uzbek, 11% Russian,1% Ukrainian, Dungan, Uighur
Languages: Kyrgyz and Russian
Religion(s): Muslim/ Russian Orthodox and other Christian minorities
Currency: Som
Major political parties: Ak Zhol,  Asaba, Ar-Namys, Ata-Meken, Erk, Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan, Social Democratic Party, Turan Democratic Party
Head of State: Kurmanbek Bakiev
Prime Minister: Igor Chudinov
Foreign Minister: Ednan Karabayev
Membership of international groups/organisations: WTO, OSCE, UN, IMF, EBRD. Kyrgyzstan had a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the EU since July 1999 and has been part of NATO's Partnership for Peace programme since June 1994.

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