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Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

. Until 1991 the

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had been a constituent

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of the

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. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the

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of Kyrgyzstan declared itself independent of the Soviet Union on August 31, 1991, and renamed itself the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The United States recognized Kyrgyzstan on December 26, 1991. An

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was established in the capital,

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, on February 1, 1992, with

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as Chargé d'Affaires ''ad interim''. Relations between the United States and Kyrgyzstan have been continuous since that time. The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan is located in

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United States Department of State: Background notes on Kyrgyzstan
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United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Kyrgyzstan

United States Department of State: Kyrgyzstan

United States Embassy in Bishkek
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