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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan This enigmatic country is of great interest especially for those travelers looking forward to explore the unbeaten road. Uzbekistan is a great escapade to discover the ex-soviet republics. Uzbekistan has good potential for developing ecological tourism and is working towards becoming a magnet to those nature lovers. Uzbekistan has always been a crossroad of different cultures specially during the Great Silk Route that brought silk from far China to the Middle East and Europe.

Area: 447.409 Km²
Population: 25.155.000
Density: 56 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Tashkent (2.280.000 pop.)
Major cities: Samarqand 380.000 pop., Andizan 194.000 pop., Namangan 150.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Uzbek 70%, Russian 11%
Border countries:Kazakhstan NORTH-WEST, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan EAST, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan SOUTH

Principal mountains:Manas 4488 m
Principal rivers: Amudarja 2540 Km (total, with tajikistani, afghan and turkmen tracts)
Principal lakes: Aral Sea 41.000 Km² (with kazakhstani part), Lake Aydarkul 1050 Km², Sariqamish Kuli 800 Km² (with turkmen part)
Principal islands: -
Climate:Continental

Language: Uzbek (official), Russian
Religion: Muslim 78%
Currency: Uzbekistani Sum (UZS)

Fixed public holidays:1/1, 7/1, 8/3, 20, 21 or 22/3 (varies), 1/5, 9/5, 1/9, 18/11, 8/12
Dialling code: 00998
GMT: +5

World Heritage List:

• Itchan Kala (1990)
• Historic Centre of Bukhara (1993)
• Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2000)
• Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures (2001)

All state

Afghanistan	Armenia	Azerbaijan
Bahrain	Bangladesh	Bhutan
Brunei	Cambodia	China
East Timor	Georgia	India
Indonesia	Iran	Iraq
Israel	Japan	Jordan
Kazakhstan	Korea North	Korea South
Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Laos
Lebanon	Malaysia	Maldives
Mongolia	Myanmar	Nepal
Oman	Pakistan	Philippines
Qatar	Saudi Arabia	Singapore
Sri Lanka	Syria	Taiwan
Tajikistan	Thailand	Turkey
Turkmenistan	United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan
Vietnam	Yemen