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Kyzyl (Russian: Кызы́л kyh-ZYHL) is the capital city of Tuva and is the geographical center of Asia. Kyzyl (Tuvan and Russian: Кызыл, romanized: Kızıl) is the capital city of the Tuva Republic, Russia. The name of the city means "red" or "crimson" in Tuvan (as well as in many other Turkic languages). Population: 109,918 (2010 Census). It was previously known as Belotsarsk (until 1918), and Khem-Beldyr (until 1926).