Kyrgyzstan

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Overview of Kyrgyzstan

Officially name: The Kyrgyz Republic

Capital: Bishkek

Largest city: Bishkek

Government: Parliamentary republic

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Money, Kyrgyzstan

National currency: Kyrgyz Som= 100 tyin. Bank notes are in denominations of Som 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1. And 50, 10 and 1 tyin which hardly can be used. There are no coins in Kyrgyzstan.

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Rivers and lakes of Kyrgyzstan

Water is a defining feature of Kyrgyzstan. In winter it freezes on glaciers and buries the land deep in snow. In summer it melts into cascading streams, tumbling waterfalls and ferocious torrents which carve their way through jagged cliffs and rocky gorges.