Outline of Uzbekistan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uzbekistan:

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked^[1] sovereign country located in Central Asia.^[2] Uzbekistan borders Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Uzbekistan
• Official English country name: The Republic of Uzbekistan
• Common endonym(s): O'zbekiston
• Official endonym(s): O‘zbekiston Respublikasi
• Adjectival(s): Uzbekistani, Uzbek
• Demonym(s): Uzbekistani, Uzbek
• Etymology: Name of Uzbekistan
• International rankings of Uzbekistan
• ISO country codes: UZ, UZB, 860
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:UZ
• Internet country code top-level domain: .uz

Geography of Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan is: a doubly landlocked country^[1]
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Asia
      • Central Asia
  • Time zone: Uzbekistan Time (UTC+05)
  • Extreme points of Uzbekistan
    • High: Khazret Sultan 4,643 m (15,233 ft)
    • Low: Sariqarnish Kuli −12 m (−39 ft)
  • Land boundaries: 6,221 km

 Kazakhstan 2,203 km

 Turkmenistan 1,621 km

 Tajikistan 1,161 km

 Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km

 Afghanistan 137 km

• Coastline: none^[1][3]

• Population of Uzbekistan: 27,372,000 – 44th most populous country
• Area of Uzbekistan: 447,400 km² – 56th in the world by area
• Atlas of Uzbekistan

Environment of Uzbekistan

• Climate of Uzbekistan
• Renewable energy in Uzbekistan
• Geology of Uzbekistan
• Protected areas of Uzbekistan
  • Biosphere reserves in Uzbekistan
  • National parks of Uzbekistan
• Wildlife of Uzbekistan
  • Fauna of Uzbekistan
    • Birds of Uzbekistan
    • Mammals of Uzbekistan

Natural geographic features of Uzbekistan

• Glaciers of Uzbekistan: None
• Islands of Uzbekistan: None
• Lakes of Uzbekistan
• Mountains of Uzbekistan
  • Volcanoes in Uzbekistan: None
• Rivers of Uzbekistan
  • Waterfalls of Uzbekistan
• Valleys of Uzbekistan
• List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan

Regions of Uzbekistan

Ecoregions of Uzbekistan

Administrative divisions of Uzbekistan

• Provinces of Uzbekistan

• Districts of Uzbekistan

Provinces of Uzbekistan

The provinces are keyed to the map. The names are given in Uzbek with standard phonetic transcription in parentheses.

• 02 Andijon (Andijan)
• 03 Buxoro (Bukhara)
• 04 Farg'ona (Fergana)
• 05 Jizzax (Jizzakh)
• 06 Namangan (Namangan)
• 07 Navoiy (Navoiy)
• 08 Qashqadaryo (Kashkadarya)
• 09 Samarqand (Samarkand)
• 10 Sirdaryo (Syrdarya)
• 11 Surxondaryo (Surkhandarya)
• 12 Toshkent (Tashkent)
• 13 Xorazm (Khorezm)
• 14 Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi (Karakalpakstan)
• 01 Tashkent (city)

Districts of Uzbekistan

Demography of Uzbekistan

Government and politics of Uzbekistan

Main article: Government of Uzbekistan and Politics of Uzbekistan

• Form of government: Presidential republic
• Capital of Uzbekistan: Tashkent
• Elections in Uzbekistan
• Political parties in Uzbekistan

Branches of the government of Uzbekistan

Executive branch of the government of Uzbekistan

• Head of state: President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov (in office since January 1992)
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (appointed December 2003)
• Cabinet of Uzbekistan

Legislative branch of the government of Uzbekistan

• Parliament of Uzbekistan (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Uzbekistan
  • Lower house: House of Commons of Uzbekistan

Judicial branch of the government of Uzbekistan

• Supreme Court of Uzbekistan

Foreign relations of Uzbekistan

• Diplomatic missions in Uzbekistan
• Diplomatic missions of Uzbekistan

International organization membership

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a member of:^[2]

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Partnership for Peace (PFP) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Law and order in Uzbekistan

• Constitution of Uzbekistan
• Crime in Uzbekistan
• Human rights in Uzbekistan
  • LGBT rights in Uzbekistan
  • Freedom of religion in Uzbekistan
• Law enforcement in Uzbekistan

Military of Uzbekistan

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Uzbekistan
• Forces
  • Army of Uzbekistan
  • Navy of Uzbekistan: None
  • Air Force of Uzbekistan
  • Special forces of Uzbekistan
• Military history of Uzbekistan
• Military ranks of Uzbekistan

Local government in Uzbekistan

History of Uzbekistan

Main article: History of Uzbekistan, Timeline of the history of Uzbekistan, and Current events of Uzbekistan

• Military history of Uzbekistan

Culture of Uzbekistan

• Architecture of Uzbekistan
• Cuisine of Uzbekistan
• Festivals in Uzbekistan
• Languages of Uzbekistan
• Media in Uzbekistan
• National symbols of Uzbekistan
  • Coat of arms of Uzbekistan
  • Flag of Uzbekistan
  • National anthem of Uzbekistan
• People of Uzbekistan
• Prostitution in Uzbekistan
• Public holidays in Uzbekistan
• Records of Uzbekistan
• Religion in Uzbekistan
  • Buddhism in Uzbekistan
  • Christianity in Uzbekistan
  • Hinduism in Uzbekistan
  • Islam in Uzbekistan
  • Judaism in Uzbekistan
  • Sikhism in Uzbekistan
• List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan

Art in Uzbekistan

• Art in Uzbekistan
• Cinema of Uzbekistan
• Literature of Uzbekistan
• Music of Uzbekistan
• Television in Uzbekistan
• Theatre in Uzbekistan

Sports in Uzbekistan

• Football in Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Uzbekistan

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 87th (eighty-seventh)

• Agriculture in Uzbekistan
• Banking in Uzbekistan
  • National Bank of Uzbekistan
• Communications in Uzbekistan
  • Internet in Uzbekistan
• Companies of Uzbekistan
• Currency of Uzbekistan: Som
  • ISO 4217: UZS
• Energy in Uzbekistan
  • Energy policy of Uzbekistan
  • Oil industry in Uzbekistan
• Health care in Uzbekistan
• Mining in Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Uzbekistan
• Transportation in Uzbekistan
  • Airports in Uzbekistan
  • Rail transport in Uzbekistan
  • Roads in Uzbekistan
• Water supply and sanitation in Uzbekistan

Education in Uzbekistan

Health in Uzbekistan

See also

Uzbek language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Index of Uzbekistan-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Uzbekistan-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Asia
• Outline of geography

References

External links

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• Government of Uzbekistan
• Lower House of Uzbekistan parliament
• Upper House of Uzbekistan parliament
• Outline of Uzbekistan on the Open Directory Project
• Library of Congress - A Country Study: Uzbekistan

• Photos of Uzbekistan

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