Kyrgyzstan ( ; Kyrgyzstan ; or Кыргызстан), officially the Kyrgyz Republic ( Kyrgyz Respublikasy; Kyrgyzskaya Respublika), formerly known as Kirghizia, is a country located in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south west and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek.