!!!Kyrgyzstan %%image_right [{LeafletMap script='/scripts/leaflet/story-map.js' width='500' height='400' initmap('/storymap/kyrgyzstan.geojson','Kyrgyzstan','41.000000','75.000000',contId,3); }] %% '' Its capital and largest city is Bishkek. Though long inhabited by a succession of independent tribes and clans, Kyrgyzstan has periodically come under foreign domination and attained sovereignty as a nation-state only after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. '' *Kyrgyzstan is a land locked country. *Kyrgyzstan has largest boundary with Kazakhstan which is approximately 1224 km. *Kyrgyzstan has shortest boundary with China which is approximately 858 km. *The largest river in Kyrgyzstan is Syr Darya which is 3080 km. *The largest export partner of Kyrgyzstan is Kazakhstan. *The largest import partner of Kyrgyzstan is China. *There is 1 seaport in Kyrgyzstan. !!Tourist Attraction [Horses are essential in the rugged mountains that cover some 75 percent of Kyrgyzstan.|http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/kyrgyzstan-guide] !!National Facts * The famous dishes of Kyrgyzstan are Beshbarmak, Laghman, Kuurdak etc. [{Image class='image_block' src='besbarmaq.jpg' caption='Besbarmaq \\Foto: source: [Wikicommons|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Бешбармак.jpg] unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]' alt='' width='450' height='338' popup='false'}] !References #Text marked as italic is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]