Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the southeast. Kyrgyzstan means the "Land of the Kyrgyz". According to July 2005 estimates, the population was 5,264,000, the large majority (76.1 percent) being Muslims.Bishkek is the Capital of Kyrgyzstan. Country Code: 996