पूर्व में Kirghizia रूप में जाना जाता किर्गिज़स्तान, मध्य एशिया में स्थित एक देश है

Landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east

Its capital and largest city is Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan's history spans over 2,000 years, encompassing a variety of cultures and empires

Although geographically isolated by its highly mountainous terrain – which has helped preserve its ancient culture – Kyrgyzstan has historically been at the crossroads of several great civilizations, namely as part of the Silk Road and other commercial and cultural routes

Though long inhabited by a succession of independent tribes and clans, Kyrgyzstan has periodically come under foreign domination due to its strategic location, attaining sovereignty as a nation-state only after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991