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Kyrgyzstan
Last reviewed: 25 January 2012

Country information

Area: 198,500 sq km
Population: 5.5 million
Capital City: Bishkek (population:804,000 Economist Intelligence Unit, 2010)
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: Ar Namys, Ata Jurt, Ata Meken, Respublika and Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan,
Head of State: President Almazbek Atambaev was inaugurated on 1 December 2011.
Prime Minister: Omurbek Babanov
Foreign Minister: Ruslan Kazakbaev
Membership of international groups/organisations: WTO, OSCE, UN, IMF, EBRD, SCO, CIS. 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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