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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is a country in Central Asia with its capital in Bishkek.
- Capital
- Bishkek
- Region
- Central Asia, Asia
- Population
- 7.3 million
- Languages
- Kyrgyz, Russian
- Currency
- Kyrgyzstani som (Ρ)
- Area
- 199,951 kmΒ²
- Borders
- π¨π³ China π°πΏ Kazakhstan πΉπ― Tajikistan πΊπΏ Uzbekistan
π‘ 94% mountainous; nomadic horseback culture is still alive.
About the flag
The sunβs 40 rays stand for the 40 tribes united by the epic hero Manas, and the crossed lines in the middle show the tunduk, the wooden crown at the top of a yurt.
How to spot it: Red with a golden many-rayed sun containing a red lattice, like a yurt roof seen from below.