Uzbekistan Country Guide | Guide to 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