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Uzbekistan Travel & Tourism Guide
Uzbekistan Country Guide |
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| Capital | Tashkent |
| Government | Republic, authoritarian presidential rule |
| Currency | Uzbek som (UZS) |
| Area | 447,400 km2 |
| Population | 27,606,007 (2009 est.) |
| Language | Uzbek 80%, Russian 5%, Tajik 5%, other 10% |
| Religion | Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% |
| Electricity | 220V 50Hz |
| Calling Code | 998 |
| Internet TLD | .uz |
| Time Zone | UTC+5 |
Uzbekistan Travel Facts
Customs and regulations, the best times to travel, passport and visa requirements, currency and prices and more practical travel information.
Tourism in Uzbekistan
Tourism in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan possesses enormous tourist potential. The country is considered one of the centers of tourism not only in the central Asia, but also all over the World. In the cities most attractive to tourists through which in an antiquity passed the Great silk way connected China with the countries of the Europe, a plenty of architectural monuments of various historical epoch is located: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shakhrisabz, Kokand, Termez. In ancient cities of Uzbekistan the modern architecture adjoins to monuments of national architecture of the last centuries that is feature characteristic only for Uzbekistan.




