Location: Central Asia, west of China

Capital: Bishkek

Population: 5,356,869 (July 2008 est.)

Languages: Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)

Religions: Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%

Currency (code): Soms per US dollar - 37.746 (2007) 

YWAM Minneapolis went to Kyrgyzstan in 2008 for the outreach of a Discipleship Training School.  They worked with University Students, in orphanages, with the homless, with Teen Challenge, clothing distribution, children's ministry, and teaching English in the schools.