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   Note: This section last updated 7th May 2021

In Kyrgyz:

   1 234-45

(where - indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

In Russian:

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 7th May 2021

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The official language, Kyrgyz , is spoken by 2 448 220 people. There are also some 916 000 Russian -speakers (which is now also a national language), 550 000 Northern Uzbeck-speakers and 109 000 Ukrainian-speakers. The second indigenous language of Kyrgyzstan, Dungan , has 38 000 speakers.

Personal names may be formed using the Russian system or a Turkic system. In either case, the name is built using the patronymic system, showing filiality to the father.

Kyrgyz names may contain a particle such as uulu/oulou or oghlu, which means “son of”. In these cases, the name is often written:

   family name[ ]particle[, ]given name

for example

   Esen uulu, Kylych

Kyzy means “daughter of”, and is used in the same way. Names may also be written in the format:

   given name[ ]particle[ ]family name

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   Note: This section last updated 15th December 2014

Kyrgyz company types include:

   Joint Stock Company (JSC)
   Joint Venture (JV)   

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 5th August 2020

   720001, Кыргызская Республика, 
   г. Бишкек, пр. Чуй, 227   
   Кыргыз Почтасы  

   720001 BICHKEK-1
   Avenue Tchuy, 227
   Department of State

Note that the order of address lines in Kyrgyzstan is the opposite to that used in Western Europe - the postal code and town comes first, then the street address, then the name of the person or company. When written in Latin script the address may often be found written in the “Western” order, often with building number before the street name and sometimes with postal code written after the town name:

   Department of State
   227 Avenue Tchuy
   BISHKEK 720001

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Postal codes consist of a block of 6 digits, commencing 71 or 72. This is the same code that was used before the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union. The first three digits indicate the town or provincial centre, the final three the main post office of towns and villages.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Kyrgyzstan - Postal code format graphic

Kyrgyzstan - Postal code format

Kyrgyzstan - Postal code specifics

Kyrgyzstan - Postal code regular expression

Kyrgyzstan - Postal code level of coverage

Kyrgyzstan - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 2nd November 2016

Refer to Exonyms in Kyrgyzstan for full lists of place names in Kyrgyzstan in other languages.

   Note: This section last updated 17th February 2014

Kyrgyzstan has 7 provinces (oblastlar, singular - oblast) and 2 cities (shaar), shown in the list below with an asterisk. The provinces usually have the same names as their administrative centres. Where this is not the case, the name of the administrative centre is given in brackets:

    Batken  Oblasty
    Bishkek  Shaary *
    Chü Oblasty  (Bishkek)
    Jalal-Abad  Oblasty
    Naryn  Oblasty
    Osh  Shaary *
    Osh  Oblasty
    Talas  Oblasty
    Ysyk-Köl  Oblasty (Karakol) 

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   Note: This section last updated 21st April 2023

Kyrgyz telephone numbers have 9 digits when called from abroad. Area codes for mobile numbers are 200-203, 205, 22, 50-51, 540-579, 600 ^[2], 700, 75, 770-779, 88, 990, and 995-999.