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Republic of Uzbekistan
Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi  (Uzbek)
Anthem: Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining davlat madhiyasi "Serquyosh hur oʻlkam"
(English: State Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan "My sunny free land")
Location of Uzbekistan (green)
Location of Uzbekistan (green)
Capital
and largest city
Tashkent
41°19′N69°16′E / 41.317°N 69.267°E / 41.317; 69.267
Official languagesUzbek[2][3]
Recognised regional languagesKarakalpak (Karakalpakstan)[2]
Inter-ethnic languageRussian[4][5]
Other languagesTajikKoryo-marTurkmenUkrainianAzerbaijaniUyghurCentral Asian ArabicBukhori and others
Ethnic groups
(2021[6])
Religion
Demonym(s)Uzbekistani[7]
Uzbek
GovernmentUnitarypresidentialconstitutionalrepublic
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Abdulla Aripov
• Chairman of the Senate
Tanzila Narbayeva
• Chairman of the Legislative Chamber
Nurdinjan Ismailov
LegislatureSupreme Assembly
Senate
Legislative Chamber
Formation
• Khanate of Khiva proclaimed
1511
26 April 1920
• Uzbek SSR established after national delimitation
27 October 1924
• Declared independence from the Soviet Union
1 September 1991a
• Formally recognised
26 December 1991
2 March 1992
8 December 1992
Area
• Total
448,978 km2 (173,351 sq mi) (56th)
• Water (%)
4.9
Population
• 2020 estimate
34,588,900[8] (41st)
• Density
74.1/km2 (191.9/sq mi) (132nd)
GDP (PPP)2020 estimate
• Total
$275.806 billion[9] (55)
• Per capita
$9,595[9] (113th)
GDP (nominal)2020 estimate
• Total
$60.490 billion[9] (78th)
• Per capita
$1,831[9] (144th)
Gini (2013)Positive decrease 36.7[10][11]
medium · 88th
HDI (2019)Increase 0.720[12]
high · 106th
CurrencyUzbek som (UZS)
Time zoneUTC+5 (UZT)
Mains electricity220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideright
Calling code+998
ISO 3166 codeUZ
Internet TLD.uz
Website
www.gov.uz/en(in Uzbek, English, and Russian)
  1. On 31 August 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR voted to declare the country independent from the Soviet Union. The next day was then declared a national holiday and a day off from work by the Uzbek government, thus became Uzbekistan's Independence Day.

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021


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