Explore Uzbekistan in Asia - Uzbekistan Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Uzbekistan with its capital Tashkent is located in Asia (Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan). It covers some 447,401 square kilometres (slightly larger than California) with 28,268,000 citizens. Uzbek, Russian and Tajik are the languages commonly used by the people in Uzbekistan (consider regional differences). Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan are bordering countries.

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About Uzbekistan

The landscape featuresmostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes with broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon, Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and shrinking Aral Sea in west. The average density of population is about 63 per km². The climate in can be described as mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters with semiarid grassland in east. Potential threats by nature are NA.

To reach someone in Uzbekistan dial +998 prior to a number. There are 1,857,000 installed telephones. And there are 16,418,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".uz". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 14 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Uzbekistan

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Uzbekistan Tourism

47, Khorezm street
700047 Tashkent
Uzbekistan

Phone: +998 71 136 7954
Fax: +998 71 136 7948

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Historic Centre of Bukhara

Bukhara, which is situated on the Silk Route, is more than 2,000 years old. It is the most complete example of a medieval city in Central Asia, with an urban fabric that has remained largely...

Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz

The historic centre of Shakhrisyabz contains a collection of exceptional monuments and ancient quarters which bear witness to the city's secular development, and particularly to the period of its...

Itchan Kala

Itchan Kala is the inner town (protected by brick walls some 10 m high) of the old Khiva oasis, which was the last resting-place of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran. Although few very...

Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures

The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Uzbekistan

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Uzbekistan is growing at an rate of 0.94% (or by 261,381 citizens). Each year 79,139 people leave this country (or 2.80 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.22%. Or an total increase of 340,519 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.