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|leader_title1 =      [[President of Karzeghistan|President]]
|leader_title1 = [[President of Karzeghistan|President]]
|leader_name1 = [[Ergash Mutalov]]
|leader_name1 = [[Ergash Mutalov]]
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|lower_house =        Majilis
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|sovereignty_type =   Independence from {{wpl|Soviet Union|Soviet Union}}
|sovereignty_type =   Independence from {{wpl|Soviet Union|Soviet Union}}
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|established_event1 = Declared
|established_event1 = Declared
|established_date1 =  25 October 1990
|established_date1 =  25 October 1990
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|established_date2 =  26 December 1991
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|population_density_rank = 184th
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|GDP_PPP = $1,024 billion             
|GDP_PPP = $1,024 billion
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|GDP_PPP_rank = 26th
|GDP_PPP_year = 2019  
|GDP_PPP_year = 2019
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $64,338
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $64,338
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =  
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 9th
|GDP_nominal = $300 billion
|GDP_nominal = $300 billion
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|GDP_nominal_rank = 45th
|GDP_nominal_year = 2019
|GDP_nominal_year = 2019
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $21,701
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $21,701
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|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 44th
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Revision as of 01:08, 8 April 2021


Karzegh Democratic Republic
      Кыргыз Демократиялық Республикасы (Karzegh)
Flag of       Karzeghistan
          Flag
      Coat of arms of       Karzeghistan
      Coat of arms
Motto:     ""
"Fatherland or the grave"
Anthem:   Мамлекеттик Гимни
National Anthem
      Map of Karzeghistan
      Map of Karzeghistan
Capital
and largest city
Mazargan
Official languagesKarzegh, Russian
Religion
(2019)
65% Islam
Demonym(s)Karzegh
GovernmentUnitary dominant-party presidential constitutional secular republic
• President
Ergash Mutalov
LegislatureSupreme Council
       
Majilis
  Independence from Soviet Union
• Declared
25 October 1990
• Recognised
 26 December 1991
Area
• Total
4,003,451 km2 (1,545,741 sq mi)      (7th)
Population
• 2019 estimate
72,960,000 (20th)
• Density
17.43/km2 (45.1/sq mi) (184th)
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
$1,024 billion (26th)
• Per capita
$64,338 (9th)
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
• Total
$300 billion (45th)
• Per capita
$21,701 (44th)
HDI (2019)Increase 0.779           
high
Currencysom (KZS)
Time zoneUTC+5, +6
         
Driving sideright
Calling code+998
ISO 3166 codeKZ
Internet TLD.kz

Karzeghistan, officially the Karzegh Democratic Republic (Karzegh: Кыргыз Демократиялық Республикасы), is a transcontinental country mainly located in Central Asia with a smaller portion west of the Ural River in Eastern Europe. It shares land borders with Russia in the north, China in the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the south and southwest while also adjoining a large part of the Caspian Sea in the west. Karzeghistan does not border Mongolia, although they are only 37 kilometers apart, separated by a short portion of the border between Russia and China.

Karzeghistan is the world's largest landlocked country, and the seventh-largest country in the world. It has a population of nearly 73 million residents, and has one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 7 people per square kilometre (15 people per sq mi). The capital city is Mazargan.

The Russians began advancing into the Karzegh steppe in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century, they nominally ruled all of Karzeghistan as part of the Russian Empire. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, and subsequent civil war, the territory of Karzeghistan was reorganised several times. In 1936, it was made the Karzegh Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union. Karzeghistan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

A civil war was fought almost immediately after independence due to ethnic tensions, lasting from 1992 to 1997. In 2005, a popular uprising known as the "Tulip Revolution", took place after the parliamentary elections in March 2005, forced President Askar Akayev's resignation on 4 April 2005 and frsh elections held which were won by Ergash Mutalov who has ruled since and has been criticised by a number of non-governmental organizations for authoritarian leadership, corruption and widespread violations of human rights, including torture, arbitrary imprisonment, worsening political repression, and a lack of religious freedom and other civil liberties.