Kyrgyzstan

Key facts

Land borders (4)

• China
• Kazakhstan
• Tajikistan
• Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan in the game

Every puzzle gives three claims that exactly one country satisfies. Kyrgyzstan is a deep cut — answers this obscure only show up in hard puzzles. These are the 23 claims from the pool that are true of Kyrgyzstan, rarest first — the fewer countries share a claim, the harder it works for you on the board.

• Has Russian as an official language1 of 4
• Its name begins with “K”1 of 6
• Its name ends with “-stan”1 of 7
• Borders China1 of 14
• Its name contains the letter “Z”1 of 15
• Its capital city's name begins with “B”1 of 25
• Has a peak higher than 5,000 m1 of 27
• Has a peak higher than 4,000 m1 of 43
• Is landlocked1 of 44
• Its flag uses exactly two colours1 of 44
• Is in Asia1 of 48
• Its name has 10 letters or more1 of 48
• Has a peak higher than 3,000 m1 of 65
• Has more than one official language1 of 65
• Its flag contains yellow or gold1 of 85
• Has fewer than 10 million people1 of 100
• Borders more than 2 countries1 of 111
• Drives on the right1 of 141
• Has an area smaller than 500,000 km²1 of 144
• Lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere1 of 147
• Its flag contains red1 of 152
• Does not have a monarch as head of state1 of 153
• Lies within a single time zone1 of 177