Kyrgyzstan

The country calling code for Kyrgyzstan is +996. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Kyrgyzstan number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Kyrgyzstan is assigned KG as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and KGZ as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Kyrgyzstan is .kg. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Kyrgyzstan is the Kyrgyzstani som, with the ISO 4217 code KGS and the symbol с. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Kyrgyzstan are quoted in KGS. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Kyrgyzstan is +06:00, currently UTC+06:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan sits in Asia, specifically the Central Asia subregion. Its approximate centre point is 41.00000000, 75.00000000. Traffic in Kyrgyzstan drives on the right. Languages recorded for Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz, Russian.

Kyrgyzstan shares a land border with 4 countries: China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.