Travel Info
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
| Government | republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch |
| Currency | Uzbekistani sum (UZS) |
| Area | total: 447,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km land: 425,400 sq km |
| Population | 25,563,441 (July 2002 est.) |
| Language | Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% |
| Religion | Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% |
Uzkbekistan has borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It is doubly landlocked, but includes the southern shoreline of the Aral Sea.
Cities
- Tashkent (capital)
- Tashkent airport is reasonably modern and has various international carriers operating as well as the national Uzbekistan Airways.