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Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси), is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and .... Travel Guide

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is located between two big rivers of Central Asia: Amu-Darya and Syr-Darya rivers. Uzbekistan is the first largest of the Central Asian republics in population and the third in area. The following countries of Central Asia surround Uzbekistan: Kazakhstan to the north,

Uzbekistan Country Guide

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Official name: Uzbekiston Respublikasi (Republic of Uzbekistan)

Area: 447,400 square km

Population: 27,606,007 (2009 est.)

Ethnic mix: 80% Uzbek, 5% Russian, 5% Tajik, 3% Kazakh, 2% Tatar, 2% Karakalpak, 1% Kyrgyz, 1% Korean, and 1% others.

Capital: Tashkent

Location: Central Asia, bordering the Aral Sea, between Khazakhstan and Turkmenistan, north of Afghanistan.

Land boundaries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km, and the Aral Sea 420 km.

Climate: mostly mid-latitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east

Lowest point: Saryqamish Kuli -12 m

Highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, others 3%

Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4% and others 7.1%

Country Code: Uz

Time Zone: UZT (UTC+5)

Currency: Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi) (UZS)

Once part of the Persian Samanid and later Timurid empires, the region was conquered in the early 16th century by Uzbek nomads, who spoke an Eastern Turkic language. Most of Uzbekistan’s population today belong to the Uzbek ethnic group and speak the Uzbek language, one of the family of Turkic languages.

Uzbekistan was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the 19th century and in 1924 became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). It has been an independent republic since December 1991.

Uzbekistan's economy relies mainly on commodity production, including cotton, gold, uranium, and natural gas. Despite the declared objective of transition to a market economy, Uzbekistan continues to maintain rigid economic controls, which often repel foreign investors. The policy of gradual, strictly controlled transition has nevertheless produced beneficial results in the form of economic recovery after 1995.