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Republic of Uzbekistan
O‘zbekiston Respublikasi
   Uzbekistan is located in Central Asia and has been independent since 1991, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Much of the country is occupied by an arid and flat desert, but in the eastern area some mountains of a certain importance rise; the economy is centered on the cultivation of cotton, as well as on the exploitation of some mineral resources, such as hydrocarbons and gold.
Government type Presidential republic
Area 448,971 km˛ (173,349 sq mi)
Population 36,963,000 inh. (2024 est.)
Population density 82 inh/km˛ (213 inh/mi˛)
Capital Tashkent (3,041,000 pop., 3,935,000 urban aggl.)
Currency Uzbek som
Human development index 0.727 (101st place)
Languages Uzbek (official), Russian, Tajik, Karakalpak
Life expectancy M 73 years, F 77 years
Location in Asia

Boundaries:

Kazakhstan NORTH
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan EAST
Afghanistan SOUTH
Turkmenistan SOUTH-WEST

GEOGRAPHY DATA OF UZBEKISTAN


Largest cities
Tashkent 3,041,000 pop., 3,935,000 urban aggl.
Namangan 697,000 pop., 1,462,000 urban aggl.
Samarkand 585,000 pop., 1,262,000 urban aggl.
Andijan 481,000 pop., 1,497,000 urban aggl.
Nukus 339,000 pop.
Fergana 322,000 pop., 1,137,000 urban aggl.
Kokand 308,000 pop.
Highest mountains
Khazret Sultan 4,643 m (15,233 ft)
Longest rivers
Amu Darya 2,540 km (1,578 mi) total, including parts in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
Syr Darya 2,219 km (1,379 mi) total, with stretches in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Zeravshan 877 km (545 mi) total, with section in Tajikistan
Largest lakes
Sarygamysh 5,000 km˛ (1,931 sq mi) total average area, about 1/4 of the lake belongs to Uzbekistan, the largest area to Turkmenistan
South Aral Sea 3,500 km˛ (1,351 sq mi), with the Kazakh portion

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF UZBEKISTAN

   Uzbekistan is administratively divided into 12 regions, plus the district of the capital Tashkent and the autonomous region of Karalpakstan, which is also the largest entity in the country, ahead of the Navoi region; the two regions of Samarkand and Fergana are the most populated, both with just over 4 million inhabitants.

   In Uzbekistan there are 20 cities with over one hundred thousand inhabitants, with Tashkent exceeding even 3 million people; the distribution of the main inhabited centers is rather unbalanced towards the eastern and south-eastern part of the country, as can be seen clearly from the second map.



Tashkent



Useful links

Uzbekistan Statistics
Uzbekistan Travel