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Thank you for this great card today a Greetings From card and another for this now.. large collection of these GF cards. This card although a little battered in the mail is sent from a good friend there.
Posted Bishkek.: January 15 : Arrived Sydney February 27 : Traveled 43 days.
GREETINGS FROM KYRGYZSTAN :
KYRGYZSTAN : Covers an area of some 199,951. KM2
CAPITAL CITY : is Bishkek
POPULATION : of Kyrgyzstan is 6,019,480.inhabitants.
LOCATION : of Kyrgyzstan is in Central Asia..
NAME :The name Kyrgyzstan comes from the word "KYRG" the old turkic word for 40 which is thought to refer to the original 40 tribes that formed the country.
MOUNTAINS : Known as the "Switzerland of Central Asia" the mountainous "Tian Shan region" covers 80% of Kyrgyzstan its highest point is Jengish Chokusu at 7439 meters.
SPORT : KOKU BARU,: One of the most popular Kyrgyz sports is and remains Koko Boru or Ulak -Tartysh a horse mounted game that resembles Polo except the ball is a headless goat.
LAKE : The Issyk-Kul Lake.is the worlds second highest altitude lake , it is 182 Kilometers long and 60 kilometers wide and reahes a depth of 608 meters .
EPIC : Kyrgyzstan has the lengthiest epic in the world "MANAS" A lengthy Kyrgyz epic poem with 500,000 lines. !!
NATIONAL ANIMAL : in Kyrgyzstan is The Markhor Goat.
FAMOUS : Peoples of Kyrgyzstan.::Chinghiz Aitmitov , Kasim Tynystanov , Kanatbek Begaliev , Bubusara Beyshenalieva.
POSTCROSSING : There are over 80 Postcrossing members in Kyrgyzstan.
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