Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia. Its capital and largest city is Tashkent. There are about 32 million people living in Uzbekistan, now. The neighbouring countries are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It is a doubly landlocked country, of which there are only two in the world. Most people in Uzbekistan speak a language called Uzbek, a Turkic language similar to Uyghur and Turkish. In the Uzbek language, Uzbekistan is called "O‘zbekiston" and it means "the land of the true nobles". Uzbekistan has a long history. Humans first lived in Uzbekistan from before the 2nd millennium BC.[5] The current president today is Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Human rights in Uzbekistan are 'atrocious' according to Human Rights Watch
Republic of Uzbekistan O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Ўзбекистон Республикаси | |
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| Capital and largest city | Tashkent |
| Official languages | Uzbek |
| Recognised regional languages | Karakalpak |
| Ethnic groups (1996) | |
| Demonym(s) | Uzbek |
| Government | Unitary presidential state |
| Shavkat Mirziyoyev | |
| Abdulla Oripov | |
| Legislature | Supreme Assembly |
| Senate | |
| Legislative Chamber | |
| Independence from the Soviet Union | |
• Formation | 1747b |
| October 27, 1924 | |
• Declared | September 1, 1991 |
• Recognized | December 8, 1991 |
• Completed | December 25, 1991 |
| Area | |
• Total | 447,400 km2 (172,700 sq mi) (56th) |
• Water (%) | 4.9 |
| Population | |
• 2012 estimate | 29,559,100[2] (45th) |
• Density | 61.4/km2 (159.0/sq mi) (136th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $103.212 billion.[3] |
• Per capita | $3,536.[3] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $51.979 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $1,780[3] |
| Gini (2000) |  26.8low · 95th |
| HDI (2010) |  0.617[4]medium · 102nd |
| Currency | Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi) (UZS) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +998 |
| ISO 3166 code | UZ |
| Internet TLD | .uz |
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Islam is its largest religion.
ProvincesEdit
Uzbekistan is divided into twelve provinces, one autonomous republic, and one independent city. The provinces are divided into districts.
| Division | Capital City | Area (km²) |
Population (2008)[6] | Key |
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| Buxoro Region | Buxoro (Bukhara) | 39,400 | 1,576,800 | 3 |
| Jizzax Region | Jizzax | 20,500 | 1,090,900 | 5 |
| Navoiy Region | Navoiy | 110,800 | 834,100 | 7 |
| Qashqadaryo Region | Qarshi | 28,400 | 2,537,600 | 8 |
| Samarqand Region | Samarkand | 16,400 | 3,032,000 | 9 |
| Sirdaryo Region | Guliston | 5,100 | 698,100 | 10 |
| Surxondaryo Region | Termiz | 20,800 | 2,012,600 | 11 |
| Tashkent Region | Toshkent (Tashkent) | 15,300 | 2,537,500 | 12 |
| Toshkent Shahri | Toshkent (Tashkent) | ??? | 2,192,700 | 1 |
| Fergana Valley Region | ||||
| Fergana Region | Fergana | 6,800 | 2,997,400 | 4 |
| Andijan Region | Andijan | 4,200 | 2,477,900 | 2 |
| Namangan Region | Namangan | 7,900 | 2,196,200 | 6 |
| Karakalpakstan Region | ||||
| Xorazm Region | Urganch | 6,300 | 1,517,600 | 13 |
| Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi | Nukus | 160,000 | 1,612,300 | 14 |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "CIA – The World Factbook". Cia.gov. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ↑ Official population estimation 2012-01-01. Stat.uz (2012-01-23). Retrieved on 2012-03-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 МВФ — World Economic Outlook Database, April 2012 — Uzbekistan. Gross domestic product…
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2010" (PDF). United Nations. 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ↑ Embassy of Uzbekistan - UZBEKISTAN: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
- ↑ "Statistical Review of Uzbekistan 2008, p.176" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-13. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
