Organizations / Uzbekistan

• Country name : Uzbekistan
• Official name : Republic of Uzbekistan
• System of government : Republic
• National anthem :

Geography

• Area : 447,400 km²
• Capital : Tashkent
• Border countries : bordered on the west and north by Kazakhstan, on the east by Kyrgyzstan, on the southeast by Tajikistan, and on the south by Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

People

• Population : 27,3 millions (2006)
• Language(s) : Uzbek (74.3%), Russian (14.2%), Tajik (4.4%), other (7.1%)
• Religions : Muslim (mostly Sunnis) (88%), Eastern Orthodox (9%), other (3%)

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