Fact Sheet: Uzbekistan
- Location: Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
- Geographic coordinates: 41 00 N, 64 00 E
- Area: total: 447,400 sq km
- Climate: mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
- Terrain: mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west
- Natural hazards: NA
- Population: 27,307,134 (July 2006 est.)
- Ethnic groups: Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)
- Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
- Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
- Government type: republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
- Capital: name: Tashkent (Toshkent)
- Currency code: Uzbekistani soum (UZS)
- Exchange rates: Uzbekistani soum per US dollar - 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004), 771.029 (2002), 423.832 (2002), 236.61 (2001)
- Internet country code: .uz
- Airports: 61 (2006)
Main cities of Uzbekistan
- Tashkent
- Namangan
- Samarkand
- Andijon
- Buxoro
- Nukus
- Qarshi
- Qoʿqon
- Chirchiq
- Fargʿona
- Jizzax
- Urganch
- Termiz
- Margʿilon
- Navoiy
- Angren
- Olmaliq
- Bekobod
- Xoʿjayli
- Denov
- Chust
- Shaxrixon
- Zarafshon
- Kogon
- Koson
- Kattaqoʿrgʿon
- Qoʿngʿirot
- Taxiatosh
- Shahrisabz
- Asaka
- Xiva
- Guliston
- Beruniy
- Chortoq
- Toʿrtkoʿl
- Urgut
- Yangiyoʿl
- Kosonsoy
- Kitob
- Gʿijduvon
- Xonqa
- Aktash
- Chimboy
- Parkent
- Ohangaron
Largest Cities in Uzbekistan
Travel Guide | Traveling through: Uzbekistan (Country)Choice destination (Regions):
- Andijon viloyati
- Jizzax viloyati
- Qashqadaryo viloyati
- Sirdaryo viloyati
- Toshkent viloyati
- Buxoro vilyati
- Namangan viloyati
- Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi
- Surxondaryo viloyati
- Xorazm viloyati
- Farg'ona viloyati
- Navoiy viloyati
- Samarqand viloyati
- Toshkent shahri
Looking at Regions of Uzbekistan

