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General Information
The
Republic of Uzbekistan lies in the heart of Asia, in the territory known
since ancient times as Bactria, Maverannahr, and later on as Turkestan. The powerful
Kushan Empire and the ingdom of the Seleucids, the Parthian Kingdom and the
Kingdom of Kharazm, the state of the Samanids and
Tamerlane, the Bukhara Emirate and the Qoqand Khanate once flourished in this
region. The cities of Samarkand and Bukhara served as major centers of trade
and enlightenment on the crossroads of the Great Silk Road linking the
civilizations of the East and the West .It lies mainly between two major
rivers, the Syr Darya (ancient Jaxartes River) on the northeast and the Amu Darya
(ancient Oxus River) on the southwest, though they only partly form its
boundaries. Uzbekistan is bordered by Kazakstan on the northwest and north,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the east and southeast, Afghanistan on the
south, and Turkmenistan on the southwest.
Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan
Type: Republic
Legal System: Constitution adopted
December 8, 1992 
Executive body: President - the Head of
State and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers: President Islam Karimov
- the Head of Government: Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev
Highest legislative body: Oliy Majlis -
(Supreme Assembly) -150 members
Judicial body: Supreme Court
Political parties: People's Democratic
Party, Social Democratic Party "Adolat" ("Justice"), "Vatan
Tarakkiyoti" party ("Progress of Motherland"), "Milliy
Ticklanish" party ("National Rebirth"), National Democratic
Party “Fidokorlar” (“Patriots”).
Suffrage: Universal over 18
Administrative subdivisions: The
autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan (located in the western third of the
country), 12 violoyats (regions), 162 districts and 118 cities and towns.
Capital: Tashkent
Official language: Uzbek.
National Holiday: Independence Day,
September 1 (1991)
Official religion: None. Predominant religion
- Sunni Muslim. There are 14 other confessions.
Monetary unit: sum ; valuation (May 06,
2008) 1 U.S.$ = 1305,47 sum
Area: 447,400 sq. km (173.00 sq.
mi.)
Population: 25,210,800 (2001).
Average annual growth rate: 1,2%
Family size: 5,5 persons
Median age: 23,9. About 50% are under age
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Major ethnic groups: Uzbek (71%), Russian
(8%), Tajik (5%), Kazakh (4%)
Density: persons per sq mi 137.0, persons
per sq km 56.0 (1996).
Urban-rural: urban 38,38%; rural 61,62%
(1996).
Sex distribution: male 49,5%; female 50,5%
(1995).
Education: Years compulsory - 11.
Literacy: 99,06%
Work Force: (8.2 mln, 1995);
Agriculture - 3.7 mln. Industry - 1.01 mln. Service - 2.5 mln. Other
fields - more than 1mln. 
Transportation: Highways - 80 000 km,
Railways -6700km
International Affiliation: United Nations
Organization (1992), International Monetary Fund (1992), International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1992), United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (1994), United nations Conference on
Trade and Development (1994), World Trade Organization (observer,
1994), International Atomic Energy Agency (1994), United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1993), United Nations
Children Emergency Fund (1994), World Health Organization (1992),
International Labor Organization (1992), Secretariat of Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (1992), Organization on Security
and Cooperation in Europe (1992), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(1992), etc.
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