Uzbekistan

Capital: Tashkent Population: 29,559,100 Official Languages: Uzbek Time Zone: +5 Dialing Code: +998

Government: Unitary presidential state Area: 447,400 km2 largest city: Tashkent Currency : Uzbekistan som ISO 3166 code: UZ

Basic Info

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is the only doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of only two such countries worldwide. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south. Before 1991, it was part of the Soviet Union.

Geography

Uzbekistan has an area of 447,400 square kilometres (172,700 sq mi). It is the 56th largest country in the world by area and the 42nd by population. Among the CIS countries, it is the 5th largest by area and the 3rd largest by population.

Climate

Uzbekistan's climate is classified as continental, with hot summers and cool winters. Summer temperatures often surpass 40 °C (104 °F); winter temperatures average about −2 °C (28 °F), but may fall as low as −40 °C (−40 °F). Most of the country also is quite arid, with average annual rainfall amounting to between 100 and 200 millimeters (3.9 and 7.9 in) and occurring mostly in winter and spring. Between July and September, little precipitation falls, essentially stopping the growth of vegetation during that period.

Religion

islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, as muslims constitute 90% of the population while 5% of the population follow Russian Orthodox Christianity, and 5% of the population follow other religion according to a 2009 US State Department release. However, a 2009 Pew Research Center report stated that Uzbekistan's population is 96.3% muslim. An estimated 93,000 Jews were once present in the country.

Administrative divisions

The provinces are keyed to the map. The names are given in Uzbek with standard phonetic transcription in parentheses.

1 Tashkent 2 Andijon 3 Buxoro 4 Farg'ona 5 Jizzax 6 Namangan 7 Navoiy

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8 Qashqadaryo 9 Samarqand 10 Sirdaryo 11 Surxondaryo 12 Toshkent 13 Xorazm 14 Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi

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