Uzbekistan Country Info - Asia

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.

Uzbekistan has borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It is doubly landlocked, but includes the southern shoreline of the Aral Sea. Uzbekistan has preserved a rich architectural heritage. The construction of monumental buildings was seen as a matter of prestige, emphasizing the power of the ruling dynasty, leading families and higher clergy. Ugam-Chatkal National Park, (in the spurs of the Western Tien Shan, about 80 km from Tashkent). Ugam-Chatkal National Park is one of the oldest nature reserves in Uzbekistan, founded in 1947. The Western Tien Shan is the natural habitat to 44 species of mammals, 230 species of birds and 1168 species of plants including several endemic plants.

Pictures from Capital (Tashkent)

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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 Uzbekistan 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 following list are the 14 regions/states in Uzbekistan we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Uzbekistani population grew at a rate of 0.94% (or by 261,381 citizens). With 147,410 deaths and 487,929 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.22%. -79,139 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of 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.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.