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GeographyLocation: Central Asia, west of China
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,878 km, China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,769,877 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.5% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 25.97 births/1,000 population Death rate: 7.32 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -3.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 45.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.31 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Kirghiz 52.4%, Russian 21.5%, Uzbek 12.9%, Ukrainian 2.5%, German 2.4%, other 8.3% Religions: Muslim 70%, Russian Orthodox NA% Languages: Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) - official language, Russian widely used
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Bishkek Independence: 31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: adopted 5 May 1993
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $8.4 billion National product real growth rate: -24% National product per capita: $1,790 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.4% Unemployment rate: 0.7% includes officially registered unemployed; also large numbersof unregistered unemployed and underemployed workers
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |