PASSPORTS: Passport valid for six months after departure date required by all. VISAS: Required by all except the following: nationals of the CIS (except nationals of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan who do require a visa); transit passengers continuing their journey within 24 hours by the same or first connecting aircraft provided holding valid onward or return documentation and not leaving the transit area.
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Languages Uzbekistan : Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
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Climat Uzbekistan : mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
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Religions Uzbekistan : Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
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Currency Uzbekistan : Uzbekistani sum
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Telephone international Uzbekistan : 998
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Illicit drugs production Uzbekistan : transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and small amounts of opium poppy for domestic consumption; poppy cultivation almost wiped out by government crop eradication program; transit point for heroin precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan
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