Official name:The Republic of  Uzbekistan
Head of State:President H.E. Mr. Islam Abdughanievich KARIMOV
National Day:1st of September
Capital:Tashkent
Area:448,900 sq. km
Land boundaries:6,221 km
Border countries:

Kazakhstan 2203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1099 km , Tajikistan 1161 km, Turkmenistan 1821 km, Afghanistan 137 km

Coast line:

None ( Note: Uzbekistan has 420 km. sea shore of the Aral Sea)

Climate:Extreme continental with long hot summers and warm winters
Natural resources:

Natural gas, oil, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead, zinc,          molybdenum, marble, granite, phosphorites, potash and rock salts

Land use:
Arable land:10.8%
Pastures: 40%
woods: 3%
Other: 48%
Irrigated land: 40,000 sq Km
Agricultural products: Grain, mostly spring wheat, cotton; wool, meat
Population: 26.167 million (2005)
Population growth rate: 1.20 % (2005)
Ethnic composition:
Uzbeks80%
Russians5.5%
Tajiks5%
Kazakhs3%
Karkalpaks2.5%
Tatars1.5%
Others: 2.5%
Religions:
Muslim 88%
Russian Orthodox9%
Others3%
Languages:
Uzbek74.3 %
Russian14.2 %
Tajik4.4 %
Others7.1 %
Literacy:
Total99.2 % (2004)
National Currency Unit: Sum (UZS)
Exchange rate (UZS/US$) : 1180.00 UZS/US$ Annual Average (2005)
GDP: 13670 Million US$ (2005)
GDP per capita : 579 US$ (2005)
GDP Growth rate: 7.0 % (2005)
Inflation rate : 7.8 % (2005)
Unemployment rate: 0.3 % (2005)
Total Imports:4091.3 million US $ (2005)
Total Exports:5408.8 million US $ (2005)
Foreign Direct Investment:45.4 million US $ (2005)
Total External Debt :4133 million US $ (2005)

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