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Uzbekistan

UZ / UZB   41.0°, 66.0°

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People are called
Uzbekistani
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+998
Capital
Tashkent
Population
34,915,100
Area
448,978 km2
Climate
Desert or arid
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Uzbek som
Languages
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%
Sells
gold, cotton yarn, garments, fertilizers
Sells to
Switzerland 34%, Russia 12%, UK 11%
Land borders
5: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+998
Founded
1991
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Uzbekistani

These are English demonyms for people from Uzbekistan. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Uzbekofficial
74.3%
14.2%
4.4%

Largest cities

Tashkent  capital 1,978,028
Andijon 747,800
Namangan 713,220
Samarkand 595,200

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

mostly mid-latitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east

Highest point

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Timur
Timur Conqueror who built his capital at Samarkand Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror, first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, and the founder of the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.
Islam Karimov
Islam Karimov President, 1991-2016 Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016.
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg Astronomer and ruler Mīrzā Muhammad Tarāghāy bin Shāhrukh, better known as Ulugh Beg, was a Timurid sultan, as well as an astronomer and mathematician.

Leaders before them

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities.