Kyrgyzstan

Kirghizia (the Kirghiz Republic or Kyrgyzstan) - the state in the northeast of Central Asia, adjoining with Kazahstano m, Tajikistan , Uzbekistan and China . The square - 198,5  thousand sq. km. The population - 4,526  million persons (Kirghiz - 52 %, Russian - 22 %, Uzbeks - 13 %, Ukrainians, Germans, Tatars, all - nearby 70  nationalities also bunk). The State language - Kirghiz, among believers the majority - Moslems-sunnity and christians. Monetary unit - a silurus. Enters into the CIS. Capital - Bishkek (620  thousand inhabitants). Other large cities - Osh, Dzhalal Abad, Tokmak.

Kirghizia is had within ranges Tjan-Shanja (a climate - Pobeda peak, 7439 ) and Pamiro-scarlet. More than 90 % of terrain lay at altitudes from above 1500  m above sea level. Mauntains are covered often by the icehouses, largest of which - Southern and Northern Inylchek, Kaindy. Mountain ridges are divided by valleys and hollows (Issyk-Kulsky, Chujsky, Fergana). The main rivers - Naryn, Chu, Talas. Many large and small loches (nearby 3000) among which pearl Tjan-Shanja - loch Issyk Kul deposits.

The Climate continental: average temperatures of January from-1 to-8 °C in valleys and to-27 °   C in high mountains, July - 15-27 ° and 5  °C accordingly. The annual precipitation fluctuates from 180 mm in the east to 1000 mm in the southwest. Air temperatures at coast of Issyk Kul are less contrast and all year long moderated.

the Vegetation of Kirghizia is diverse (4 thousand aspects of plants) and differs expressed high-rise pojasnostju: piedmonts are covered by semi-deserts and dry steppes with fragments of pistachio light forests, above 1200  the m above sea level begins forest belt. Woods are formed tjan-shanskoj by a spruce, a fir, a juniper. High mountains (above 3000-3500 ) are covered by Alpine meadows. The fauna guarded in Issyk-Kulsky and the Sarai-Cheleksky reservations, national park Is scarlet-CENTRAL ASIAN JUNIPER, presented in mountain forests by a bear, at a tort, a wolf, a wild boar, a marten, snow leopards, mountain goats and rams, numerous small mammals and auks, and in woodless piedmonts - mainly gnawers, auks, reptiles.

Kirghiz though have ancient and rich cultural traditions, as well as the majority of the people which have developed as nomads-cattlemen, have no some significant architectural monuments. Bishkek in the Middle Ages was the strongest boundary strong hold of Kokandsky khanate, but in 1860 has been destroyed by Russian troops.