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Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven regions (; ). The capital, Bishkek, is administered as an independent city of republican significance, as well as being the capital of Chüy Region. Osh also has independent city status since 2003.
Regions
The regions, with their areas, census populations and capitals, are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!Name
!Capital
!Kyrgyz
!Russian
!ISO
!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
!Population<br/>(2022 census)
|-
|1
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Bishkek shaary</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Gorod Bishkek</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 160
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,098,448
|-
|2
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Batken
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Batken oblusu</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Batkenskaya oblast′</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-B
| style="text-align:right;" | 17,048
| style="text-align:right;" | 558,652
|-
|3
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Bishkek
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Chüy oblusu</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Chuyskaya oblast′</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-C
| style="text-align:right;" | 19,895
| style="text-align:right;" | 985,430
|-
|4
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Manas
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Jalal-Abad oblusu</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Dzhalal-Abadskaya oblast′</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-J
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,418
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,282,253
|-
|5
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Naryn
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Naryn oblusu</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Narynskaya oblast′</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-N
| style="text-align:right;" | 44,160
| style="text-align:right;" | 294,311
|-
|6
| style="text-align:left;" | Osh Region
| style="text-align:left;" | Osh
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Osh oblusu</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Oshskaya oblast′</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-O
| style="text-align:right;" | 28,934
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,414,670
|-
|7
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Talas
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Talas oblusu</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Talasskaya oblast′</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-T
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,406
| style="text-align:right;" | 274,029
|-
|8
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Karakol
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Ysyk-Köl oblusu</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Issyk-Kulskaya oblast′</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-Y
| style="text-align:right;" | 43,735
| style="text-align:right;" | 505,901
|-
|9
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Osh shaary</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | <br/><small>Gorod Osh</small>
| style="text-align:left;" | KG-GO
| style="text-align:right;" | 182
| style="text-align:right;" | 333,629
|-
|}
Each region is further divided into districts (rayon), administered by government-appointed officials. Rural communities () consisting of up to twenty small settlements have their own elected mayors and councils.
See also
- ISO 3166-2:KG