Uzbekistan Country Guide | Guide to Uzbekistan

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Country Guide Uzbekistan

Capital:

Tashkent

Population:

26,593,000

Currency:

Uzbekistani sum (UZS)

Religions:

Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Government:

republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch

Languages:

Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Climate:

mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east

Phone Code:

998