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Capital Uzbekistan : |
Tashkent (Toshkent) .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Uzbekistan :
| Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km .
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| Climate Uzbekistan :
| mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east .
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| Life expectancy Uzbekistan :
| 64.09 years .
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| Fertility rate Uzbekistan :
| 2.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Uzbekistan :
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch .
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| Population Uzbekistan :
| 26,410,416 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Uzbekistan :
| 447,400 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Uzbekistan :
| 1,717,100 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Uzbekistan :
| 320,800 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Uzbekistan :
| 998.
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| Sex ratio total Uzbekistan :
| 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Uzbekistan ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Uzbekistan ratio 15 64 :
| 0.98 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Uzbekistan ratio 65 :
| 0.69 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Uzbekistan :
| $462 million (2003) |
| HIV Uzbekistan :
| less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Uzbekistan :
| NA |
| Literacy Uzbekistan :
| 99,30% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Uzbekistan :
| 1,20% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Uzbekistan :
| 32.8% (1998) |
| Inflation Uzbekistan :
| 13.1% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Uzbekistan :
| 0.5% plus another 20% underemployed (2003) |
| Internet Users Uzbekistan :
| 492,000 (2003) |
| Location Uzbekistan :
| Central Asia, north of Afghanistan |
| Geographic Coordinates Uzbekistan :
| 41 00 N, 64 00 E |
| Religion Uzbekistan :
| Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% |
| Administrative region Uzbekistan :
| 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (respublika), and 1 city** (shahar); Andijon Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati, Farg'ona Viloyati, Jizzax Viloyati, Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi), Qaraqalpog'iston Respublikasi* (Nukus), Samarqand Viloyati, Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri**, Toshkent Viloyati, Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch) |
| Terrain Uzbekistan :
| 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 |
| Elevation extremes lowest Uzbekistan :
| Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Uzbekistan :
| Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m |
| Natural resources Uzbekistan :
| natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum |
| Land use arable land Uzbekistan :
| 10,83% |
| Land use permanentcrops Uzbekistan :
| 0,83% |
| Irrigated land Uzbekistan :
| 42,810 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Uzbekistan :
| NA |
| Environment current issues Uzbekistan :
| shrinkage of the Aral Sea is resulting in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification; water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders; increasing soil salination; soil contamination from buried nuclear processing and agricultural chemicals, including DDT |
| Geography note Uzbekistan :
| along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world |
| Uzbekistan :
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Divisions
Andijon Viloyati
Buxoro Viloyati
Farg'ona Viloyati
Jizzax Viloyati
Namangan Viloyati
Navoiy Viloyati
Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi)
Qaraqalpog'iston Respublikasi (Nukus)
Samarqand Viloyati
Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston)
Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz)
Toshkent Shahri
Toshkent Viloyati
Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch)
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