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Uzbekistan – Central Asia Region
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Uzbekistan – Central Asia Region - Area: 447,001 km2 (172,588 mi2) or 2.5 size of Florida
- Population: 26 million (July 2003 est.)
- Ethnic Groups: Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 estimates)
- Independence in August 1991 from former USSR
- President: Islom Abduganievich KARIMOV (since 1990)
- Capital: Tashkent (population 2 million)
- Religion: Muslim, Eastern Orthodox
- Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia.
- The nation is divided into 12 vilayats (governmental regions) plus one autonomous republic: Karakalpakstan (the Aral Sea region).
- The country can be divided into three zones:
- Desert (Kyzylkum), steppe and semi-arid region covering 60% of the country, mainly the central and western parts;
- Fertile Valleys (including the Fergana valley) that skirt the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers;
- Mountainous Areas in the east with peaks of about 4500 m(14765 ft) above sea level (Tien Shan and Gissaro-Alay mountain ranges).
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