Kirgizstan

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Kirgizstan - a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991Kirghizia, Kirghizstan, Kirgizia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Kirgiz, KirghizCIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991Bishkek, Biskek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, Frunze - the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991)Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizationsPamir Mountains, the Pamirs - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China