Republic o Uzbekistan O?zbekiston Respublikasi ?збекистон Республикаси O?zbekiston Jumhuriyati ?збекистон Жум?урияти
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Anthem :  O'zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi
Caipital and largest city	Tashkent 41°16′N 69°13′E  /  41.267°N 69.217°E  / 41.267; 69.217
Offeecial leids	Uzbek
Recognised regional leids	Karakalpak
Ethnic groups (1996)	81.1% Uzbek 5.4% Roushie 4.0% Tajik 3.0% Kazakh 2.5% Karakalpak 1.5% Tatar 2.5% ithers [1]
Demonym(s)	Uzbek
Govrenment	Unitary presidential republic
?  Preses	Shavkat Mirziyoyev
?  Prime Meenister	Abdulla Aripov
Legislatur	Supreme Assembly
?  Upper house	Senate
?  Lower house	Legislative Chamber
Unthirldom frae the Soviet Union
? Formation	1747
?  Uzbek SSR	27 October 1924
? Declared	1 September 1991
? Recognized	8 December 1991
? Completit	25 December 1991
Aurie
? Total	448,978 km 2 (173,351 sq mi) ( 56t )
? Water (%)	4.9
Population
? 2013 estimate	30,183,400 [2] [3] ( 41st )
? Density	61.4/km 2 (159.0/sq mi) ( 136t )
GDP   ( PPP )	2014 estimate
? Total	$123.577 billion
? Per capita	$4,037 [4]
GDP   (nominal)	2014 estimate
? Tot	$61.720 billion [4]
? Per capita	$2,016 [4]
Gini   (2003)	36.8 medium  ·  95t
HDI   (2013)	0.654 [5] medium  ·  114nt
Currency	Uzbekistan som ( O'zbekiston so'mi ) ( UZS )
Time zone	UTC +5 ( UZT )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC +5 (nae observed)
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+998
ISO 3166 code	UZ
Internet TLD	.uz
Offeecial Uzbek statistics. [ citation needit ] As the Emirate o Bukhara , Kokand Khanate , an Khwarezm .

Uzbekistan , offeecially the Republic o Uzbekistan ( Uzbek : O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or ?збекистон Республикаси) is ane o the sax independent Turkic states . It is a doubly landlocked kintra in Central Asie , Umwhilie pairt o the Soviet Union . It shares borders wi Kazakhstan tae the wast an tae the north, Kyrgyzstan an Tajikistan tae the east, an Afghanistan an Turkmenistan tae the sooth.

Ance pairt o the Persie Samanid an later Timurid empires, the region wis conquered in the early 16t century bi Uzbek nomads , who spoke an Eastren Turkic leid. Maist o Uzbekistan’s population the day belang tae the Uzbek ethnic group an speak the Uzbek leid , ane o the faimily o Turkic leids .

Uzbekistan wis incorporatit intae the Roushie Empire in the 19t century an in 1924 became a constituent republic o the Soviet Union , kent as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). It haes been an independent republic syne December 1991.

Uzbekistan's economy relies mainly on commodity production, includin cotton , gold , uranium , potassium , an natural gas . Despite the declared objective o transition tae a market economy , Uzbekistan continues tae maintain rigid economic controls, which aften repel foreign investors. The policy o gradual, strictly controlled transition haes nivertheless produced beneficial results in the form o economic recovery efter 1995. Uzbekistan's domestic policies on human richts an individual freedoms are aften criticised bi internaitional organisations. In Uzbekistan aboot 45% o the population live on less nor US$1.25 per day.

Provinces an district [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Uzbekistan is dividit intae twal provinces ( viloyatlar , singular viloyat , compund noun viloyati e.g., Toshkent viloyati , Samarqand viloyati , etc.), ane autonomous republic ( respublika , compund noun respublikasi e.g. Qaraqalpaqstan Avtonom Respublikasi , Karakalpakistan Autonomous Republic , etc.), an ane independent ceety ( shahar . compund noun shahri , e.g., Toshkent shahri ).

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