According to the latest data the population of Kyrgyzstan is 4.7 million people, more than 80 ethnic groups are represented here, 58% of the population are Kyrgyz. The main principle of the Kyrgyz people is: "Kyrgyzstan is our common house".
The territory of the Republic is 198 thousand square km. Bishkek is the capital of the country.
The Kyrgyz Republic has 6 regions, 21 cities and towns and more than 40 districts.
The indigenous people of the country are Kyrgyz, they are descedants of one of the most ancient inhabitants of Central Asia. The first historical data about Kyrgyz people refer back to 201 A.D. At that time, when the State of nomadic Hunns only began to form, Kyrgyzs lived in the north-west of Mongolia near the lake Kyrgyz-Nur. Later, in the 6-th century A.D. there was a powerful political structure of Kyrgyzs in South Siberia - the State of the Yenisei Kyrgyzs, governed by ajo (khan).
The 9-th century was the period of prosperity of the Yenisei Kyrgyz State. They could oppose the army of 80 thousand warriors against their enemy. The historical sources keep the name of one of the Kyrgyz khagans of the 8-th century Bars-Bek. According to some scientists, the most of Kyrgyzs lived in the 9-th century in the east of the contemporary Kyrgyzstan. In the 13-th century the Yenisei Kyrgyzs were conquered by Mongols, it forced Kyrgyz tribes to move to other places.
The ethnogenesis of the Kyrgyz nation was mainly completed at the end of the 15-th century at the begining of 16-th century. At present time the independent Kyrgyz State has been revivied on the territory of Tien-Shan. In 1990 Kyrgyzstan introduced the presidential form of government for the first time. The President is the Head of the State and Guarantee for observing of Constitution. All over the world President Askar Akaev is known as a consistent reformer and democrat.
The State power has three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The highest organ of power is the Supreme Soviet of the Republic. The highest executive organ is the Cabinet of Ministers. The fundamental law of the republic is its Constitution.
On 31 August, 1991 was declared about establishing of a new sovereign state the Kyrgyz Republic. From that day the young state established diplomatic relations with many countries of the world (90), many of them: the USA, Turkey, Germany, China, Iran, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Belorussia have opened their Embassies in Bishkek.
The Republic became the member of the United Nations Organization and other International Organizations.
At present time the young state is experiencing the transitional period of its development. It is open to other countries and people for establishing of economic, political and cultural relations. Every year more and more foreign countries and representatives of business, science, culture and just tourists are interested in Kyrgyzstan.
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