Uzbekistan
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| Republic of Uzbekistan
O‘zbekiston Respublikasi
Ўзбекистон Республикаси |
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| Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan "O‘zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi" |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Tashkent 41°16′N 69°13′E / 41.267°N 69.217°E |
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| Official language(s) | Uzbek | |||||
| Recognised regional languages | Karakalpak | |||||
| Language for inter-ethnic communication |
Russian | |||||
| Ethnic groups (1996) | 80.0% Uzbek 5.5% Russian 5.0%–5.5% (Official Uzbek Statistics) (30% Foltz, Cordell, Jonson) Tajik[1][2][3][4] 3.0% Kazakh 2.5% Karakalpak 1.5% Tatar 2.5% Others[5] |
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| Demonym | Uzbek | |||||
| Government | Presidential Republic | |||||
| - | President | Islam Karimov | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | ||||
| Independence | from the Soviet Union | |||||
| - | Formation | 17471 | ||||
| - | Uzbek SSR | October 27, 1924 | ||||
| - | Declared | September 1, 1991 | ||||
| - | Recognized | December 8, 1991 | ||||
| - | Completed | December 25, 1991 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 447,400 km2 (56th) 172,742 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 4.9 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2012 estimate | 29,559,100[6] (45th) | ||||
| - | Density | 61.4/km2 (136th) 159.1/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $100.731 billion[7] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $3,482[7] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $47,906 billion[7] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,656[7] | ||||
| Gini (2000) | 26.8  0.21 (low) (95th) |
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| HDI (2010) |  0.617[8] (medium) (102nd) |
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| Currency | Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi) (UZS) |
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| Time zone | UZT (UTC+5) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+5) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .uz | |||||
| Calling code | 998 | |||||
| 1 | As Emirate of Bukhara, Kokand Khanate, Khwarezm. | |||||
Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia. Its capital and largest city is Tashkent.
There are about 26,593,000 people living in Uzbekistan. The neighboring 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 millenium BC.[9]
The president today is Islam Karimov.
Human rights in Uzbekistan are 'atrocious' according to Human Rights Watch
Provinces [change]
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)[10] | Key |
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| Buxoro Viloyati | Buxoro (Bukhara) | 39,400 | 1,576,800 | 3 |
| Jizzax Viloyati | Jizzax | 20,500 | 1,090,900 | 5 |
| Navoiy Viloyati | Navoiy | 110,800 | 834,100 | 7 |
| Qashqadaryo Viloyati | Qarshi | 28,400 | 2,537,600 | 8 |
| Samarqand Viloyati | Samarqand | 16,400 | 3,032,000 | 9 |
| Sirdaryo Viloyati | Guliston | 5,100 | 698,100 | 10 |
| Surxondaryo Viloyati | Termiz | 20,800 | 2,012,600 | 11 |
| Toshkent Viloyati | Toshkent (Tashkent) | 15,300 | 2,537,500 | 12 |
| Toshkent Shahri | Toshkent (Tashkent) | ??? | 2,192,700 | 1 |
| Fergana Valley Region | ||||
| Farg'ona Viloyati | Farg'ona (Fergana) | 6,800 | 2,997,400 | 4 |
| Andijon Viloyati | Andijon | 4,200 | 2,477,900 | 2 |
| Namangan Viloyati | Namangan | 7,900 | 2,196,200 | 6 |
| Karakalpakstan Region | ||||
| Xorazm Viloyati | Urganch | 6,300 | 1,517,600 | 13 |
| Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi | Nukus | 160,000 | 1,612,300 | 14 |
References [change]
- ↑ Cornell, Svante E. (2000). "Uzbekistan: A Regional Player in Eurasian Geopolitics?". European Security 9 (2): 115. doi:10.1080/09662830008407454. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20090505153156/http://www.cornellcaspian.com/pub/0010uzbekistan.htm.
- ↑ Richard Foltz (1996). "The Tajiks of Uzbekistan". Central Asian Survey 15 (2): 213–216. doi:10.1080/02634939608400946.
- ↑ Karl Cordell, "Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe", Routledge, 1998. p. 201: "Consequently, the number of citizens who regard themselves as Tajiks is difficult to determine. Tajikis within and outside of the republic, Samarkand State University (SamGU) academic and international commentators suggest that there may be between six and seven million Tajiks in Uzbekistan, constituting 30% of the republic's 22 million population, rather than the official figure of 4.7%(Foltz 1996;213; Carlisle 1995:88).
- ↑ Lena Jonson (1976) "Tajikistan in the New Central Asia", I.B.Tauris, p. 108: "According to official Uzbek statistics there are slightly over 1 million Tajiks in Uzbekistan or about 3% of the population. The unofficial figure is over 6 million Tajiks. They are concentrated in the Sukhandarya, Samarqand and Bukhara regions."
- ↑ "CIA – The World Factbook". Cia.gov. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ↑ Official population estimation 2012-01-01. Stat.uz (2012-01-23). Retrieved on 2012-03-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Uzbekistan". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2011&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=59&pr1.y=12&c=927&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPRPC%2CNGDPPC%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CPPPSH&grp=0&a=. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2010". United Nations. 2010. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ↑ Embassy of Uzbekistan - UZBEKISTAN: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
- ↑ "Statistical Review of Uzbekistan 2008, p.176" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20101113143854/http://www.stat.uz/STAT/2008year/doklad_eng_tab.pdf. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
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