Kyrgyztan

* National Flag

- There are 40-ray sun on the flag

: That represents 40 tribes of Manas who are mythical heros who unified 40 tribes against the Khitans.

- There are 2 sets of three lines

: This describes traditional tent, "Yurt" which nomad uses generally.

- The red color of background means peace and openness of Kyrgyzstan.

* General Information

- They were independent from Soviet Union on March 3rd in 1922 and also a member of CIS(Commonwealth of independent States)

- Officially the Kyrgyz Republic is a country in Central Asia and bordered by Kazakhstan to the North, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east.

- Capital: Bishkek(the photo of the right=>)

- Language: Kyrgyz, Russian

- Ethnic groups: Kyrgyz 70%, Uzbek 15%, Russian 9% and etc.

- Religion: Muslim 80%, Russian Orthodox 17%