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Uzbekistan

  • Formation – 1991
  • Capital – Tashkent
  • Languages – Uzbek, Russian
  • Religions – Muslim (Sunni) – 88%, Eastern Orthodox – 9%
  • Currency – som
  • President – Islam Karimov

Uzbekistan locates in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan. Neighbors are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The total territory is 447,400 sq. km: land – 425,400 sq. km. water – 22,000 sq. km.
Population of the Republic of Uzbekistan is more than 25,1 mln people (as of beginning 2002), 37% urban and 63% rural. People below working age is 39% of total population, at working age – 54% and above – 7%.

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