 Uzbekistan
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
41 00 N, 64 00 E |
| Area |
total: 447,400 sq km land: 425,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km |
| Climate |
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east |
| Terrain |
mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; 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; shrinking Aral Sea in west |
| Population |
27,780,059 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% |
| Imports |
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
| Exports |
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles |
| Hazards |
NA |
| Resources |
natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum |
| Geography |
along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world |
| Nationality |
noun: Uzbekistani adjective: Uzbekistani |
| Capital |
name: Tashkent (Toshkent) geographic coordinates: 41 20 N, 69 18 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.uz |
| Internet Users |
880,000 (2005) |
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