Uzbekistan

Basic facts about Uzbekistan

Country name: Uzbekistan
Capital: Tashkent
Country code: 423
Continent: Central Asia
Currency name: Uzbekistani som
Independence: 1991-09-01 00:00:00
Independent from: from the Soviet Union
Total area (km2): 447,400
Land area (km2): 425,400
Water area (km2): 22,000
Population: 28,661,637
Population note: 28,661,637 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: Uzbek
All languages: Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Time zone: UZT (UTC+5) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+5)
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Drive on: right
Calling code: +998
Domain: .uz