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Introduction

Capital: Tashkent

Population

Total Population: 26,867,800
Annual growth rate: 1.4%
Density: 63 inhabitant/km²
Urban population: 36.8%
Population of main cities including suburbs: Tashkent (2,300,000); Samarkand (470,000); Namangan (600,000); Andijon (350,000); Bukhoro (240,000).
Ethnic Origins: Uzbeks : 80%, Russians : 5.5%, Tajiks : 5%, Kazakhs : 3%, Karakalpaks : 2.5%. Some other figures give the composition as follows : 32.1% of Karakalpaks, 32.3% of Uzbeks, 26.3% of Kazhaks, 5% of Turks, 1.6% Russians.
Official Language: Uzbek 
Other languages spoken: Russian as well as Tadjik is mostly spoken.
Business language: Russian
Religion: Sunni Muslims 88%, Orthodox 9%, Others 3%.

Local time:

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National currency: Uzbek Sum (UZS)


Country overview

Type of State: The Uzbek regime is one of the most repressive among the ex-USSR, dictatorial by nature.
Type of economy: Low-income economy, Land-locked Developing Country.
Agricultural and mining activities are the dominant sectors; an economy relying on revenue from cotton and gold exports.
HDI*: 0,701/1
HDI (world rank): 119th/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Uzbekistan, dial 810
To call in Uzbekistan, dial +998
Internet suffix: .uz
Telephone lines: 7.1 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users: 8.9 per 100 inhabitants
 

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