Uzbekistan

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Quick Facts
Capital	Tashkent (Toshkent)
Government	republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Currency	Uzbekistani sum (UZS)
Area	total: 447,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km land: 425,400 sq km
Population	25,563,441 (July 2002 est.)
Language	Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Religion	Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Uzkbekistan is in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Map of Uzbekistan

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Regions

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Cities

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Understand

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Get in

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By plane

Tashkent airport is reasonably modern and has various international carriers operating as well as the national Uzbekistan Airways.

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By train

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By car

There are road routes from surrounding countries but the borders may not be open and there have been security problems. There is a risk from land mines in some border areas.

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By bus

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By boat

Apart from the southern section of the inland Aral sea, Uzbekistan is land-locked.

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Get around

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Talk

Most citizens are ethnic Uzbeks, and speak Uzbek as their first language, although many also speak Russian, and certainly in the capital this is a good bet. In some border regions Tajik or Kyrgyz are spoken.

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