ABSTRACT
POPULATION: (98e) 4,535,000: 2,410,000 Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan. Another 150,000 Kyrgyz live across the border in China, and 300,000 live in adjacent areas of Uzbekistan,* Tajikistan,* and Kazakhstan.* MAJOR NATIONAL GROUPS: (98e) Kyrgyz 56.1%, Russian 18.7%, Uzbek 13.2%, Ukrainian 2.2%, German 2.1%, Tatar 1.8%, Dungan (Hui) 1.6%, Uighur, Crimean Tatar, Kazakh, Tajik, Korean, Azeri, Kurmanji (Kurdish). MAJOR LANGUAGES: Kyrgyzic, Russian, Jagatai (Uzbek). MAJOR RELIGIONS: Sunni Islam, Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Jewish. MAJOR CITIES: (98e) Bishkek (Frunze) 674,000 (805,000), Osh 230,000, Jalal-Abad (Dzhal-Abad) 87,000 (122,000), Tokmak 80,000, Kara-Kol (Przhevalsk) 73,000, Kara Balta 68,000 (145,000), Naryn 60,000, Talas (Talash) 56,000, Mayli Say 55,000, Ysyk-Kol (Rybachye) 53,000, Mirza-Aki (Uzgen) 52,000, Kyzyl Kiya 45,000.
