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General
Coat of arms of UzbekistanCoat of arms of Uzbekistan
The state emblem of Uzbekistan was adopted on July 2, 1992. It is similar to the emblem of the previous Uzbek SSR. Like other post-Soviet republics whose symbols do not predate the October Revolution, the current emblem retains some components of the Soviet one.The emblem is in the form of a circle...
- Flag of Uzbekistan
Flag of Uzbekistan
The flag of Uzbekistan was approved at the Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on November 18, 1991.- Symbolism :According to the Uzbek embassy:...
- National anthem of Uzbekistan - National symbols of Uzbekistan
National symbols of Uzbekistan
The national symbols of Uzbekistan are defined in Article 5 of the Constitution of Uzbekistan. They consist of the Flag, the Coat of Arms, and the National Anthem.The National Anthem...
Geography
Fergana ValleyFergana Valley
The Fergana Valley or Farghana Valley is a region in Central Asia spreading across eastern Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Divided across three subdivisions of the former Soviet Union, the valley is ethnically diverse, and in the early 21st century was the scene of ethnic conflict...
- Lakes of Uzbekistan - Mountains of Uzbekistan - Qizilqum
Kyzyl Kum
The Kyzyl Kum , also called Qyzylqum, is the 11th largest desert in the world. Its name means Red Sand in Turkic languages. It is located in Central Asia in the doab between the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and is divided between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan...
Provinces
Andijon (Andijan)Andijan Province
Andijan Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the eastern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern Uzbekistan. It borders with Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province and Namangan Province. It covers an area of 4,200 km2...
- Buxoro (Bukhara) - Farg'ona (Fergana)
Fergana Province
Fergana Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in the far east of the country. It borders the Namangan and Andijan Provinces of Uzbekistan, as well as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It covers an area of 6,800 km2...
- Jizzax (Jizzakh)
Jizzakh Province
Jizzakh Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the center of the country. It borders with Tajikstan to the south and south-east, Samarqand Province to the west, Navoiy Province to the north-west, Kazakhstan to the north, and Sirdaryo Province to the east. It covers an area of 20,500 km²...
- Namangan
Namangan Province
Namangan Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern part of the country. It is on the right bank of Syr Darya River and borders with Kyrgyzstan, Fergana Province and Andijan Province. It covers an area of 7,900 km2...
- Namoiy
Navoiy Province
Navoiy Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the northwest of the country. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert takes up a large portion of its territory, which is the largest of the provinces of Uzbekistan except for the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. Navoiy Province borders with Kazakhstan,...
- Samarqand (Samarkand) - Surxondaryo (Surkhandarya) - Toshkent (Tashkent) - Xorazm (Khorezm) - Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi (Karakalpakstan)
Cities of Uzbekistan
Andijon - AngrenAngren, Uzbekistan
Angren is a city in eastern Uzbekistan east of Tashkent. It was founded in 1946 as a center for the Uzbek SSR's coal industry. It is located on the Angren River....
- Asaka
Asaka, Uzbekistan
Asaka is a city in Andijan Province, Uzbekistan, to the east of Andijan in the Ferghana Valley. It was formerly known as Leninsk during the communist era. The first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia was opened there by an Uzbekistani-South Korean joint venture, UzDaewoo.-See also:* List of...
- Bekobod - Beruniy
Beruniy
Beruniy also spelled as Beruni is a town and seat of Beruniy District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan....
- Chirchiq
Chirchiq
Chirchiq also spelled as Chirchik is a city in Toshkent Province, Uzbekistan, about 32 km northeast of Tashkent, along the Chirciq River...
- Fergana
Fergana
Fergana is a city , the capital of Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southern edge of the Fergana Valley in southern Central Asia, cutting across the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan...
- Guliston
Guliston
Guliston also spelled as Gulistan , formerly known as Mirzachul , is the capital of Sirdarya Province in eastern Uzbekistan. It lies in the southeastern part of the Mirzachül steppe, 75 miles southwest of Tashkent. It has an approx. population of 77,300...
- G‘uzor
G‘uzor
G‘uzor also spelled as Guzar is a town in Uzbekistan....
- Gijduvan
Gijduvan
Gijduvan or Gizhduvan is a town in the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan and the capital of Gizhduvan district . Its population in 1970 was 16,000.-History:...
- Jizzax - Kattaqo‘rg‘on - Khiva
Khiva
Khiva is a city of approximately 50,000 people located in Xorazm Province, Uzbekistan. It is the former capital of Khwarezmia and the Khanate of Khiva...
- Kogon - Kokand
Kokand
Kokand is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. It has a population of 192,500 . Kokand is 228 km southeast of Tashkent, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west of Fergana...
- Kosonsoy
Kosonsoy
Kosonsoy also spelled as Kasansay is a town in Uzbekistan. Kosonsoy in Namangan Province is different from the town of Koson of the Qashqadaryo Province of Uzbekistan....
- Kungrad
Kungrad
Qo‘ng‘irot also spelled as Kungrad , formerly known as Zheleznodorozhny , is a town in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, located in the Amu Darya delta on the left bank of the river. Population: 11,000 ....
- Margilan
Margilan
Margilan is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan. It is located at latitude 40°28' 16 N: longitude 71°43' 29 E. at an altitude of 487 meters....
- Mo‘ynoq
Mo‘ynoq
Mo‘ynoq also spelled as Muynak and Moynaq is a city in northern Karakalpakstan in western Uzbekistan. Home to only a few thousand residents at most, Mo‘ynoq's population has been declining precipitously since the 1980s due to the recession of the Aral Sea.- History :Once a bustling fishing...
- Namangan
Namangan
Namangan is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan . It is the capital of Namangan Province, in the northern edge of Fergana Valley of north-eastern Uzbekistan.-Geography:...
- Navoiy
Navoiy
Navoiy also spelled as Navoi is a city and the capital of Navoiy Province in the southwestern part of Uzbekistan. It is located at latitude 40° 5' 4N; longitude 65° 22' 45E, at an altitude of 382 meters.-History:...
- Nukus
Nukus
Nukus is the sixth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. It has a population of 260,000...
- Nurota - Olmaliq
Olmaliq
Olmaliq also spelled as Almalyk is a city in the Tashkent Province of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent...
- Qarshi
Qarshi
Qarshi is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Province and has a population of 197,600 . It is about 520 km south-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan. It is located at latitude 38° 51' 48N; longitude 65° 47'...
- Qorako‘l
Qorako‘l
See also: Karakul Qorako‘l also spelled as Karakul is a town in the Buxoro Province of Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qorako‘l District ....
- Qorasuv
Qorasuv
Qorasuv is a town in Andijan Province in eastern Uzbekistan, about 50 km from the district capital of Andijan. The town's name means "black water" in Uzbek...
- Rishton
Rishdan
Rishton is a town in Fergana Province, in Uzbekistan, located about halfway between Kokand and Fergana. It is located at latitude 40°21'24N longitude 71°17'5E, and at an altitude of 471 meters....
- Samarqand - Shahrisabz
Shahrisabz
Shakhrisabz , is a city in Uzbekistan located approximately 80 km south of Samarkand with the population of 53,000 . It is located at the altitude of 622 m. Once a major city of Central Asia, it is primarily known today as the birthplace of 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur...
- Shirin
Shirin, Uzbekistan
Shirin is a city in Uzbekistan. Near Shirin, there is Syrdarya Power Plant and Farkhad Dam.Population: 14,000 .- History :The city was established in 1972....
- Sirdaryo
Sirdaryo
Sirdaryo also spelled as Syrdarya is a city in Uzbekistan....
- Tashkent
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...
- Termez
Termez
Termez is a city in southern Uzbekistan near the border with Afghanistan.Some link the name of the city to thermos, "hot" in Greek, tracing its name back to Alexander the Great. Others suggest that it came from Sanskrit taramato, meaning "on the river bank". It is the hottest point of Uzbekistan...
- To‘ytepa - Turtkul
Turtkul
Turtkul is a city in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. It is an administrative center of To‘rtko‘l District.-History:The city was founded in 1873 and before 1920 was known as Petroaleksandrovsk . It was then a major jewelry producing center of Uzbekistan, and was equipped with telegraph in 1913 and with...
- Uchquduq
Uchquduq
Uchkuduk is a city in the north of the Navoiy Province, Uzbekistan. The city's name means "three draw-wells" in Uzbek. It is located at , at an altitude of 193 meters...
- Urganch - Urgut
Urgut
Urgut is a town in the Samarqand Province of Uzbekistan and the capital of Urgut District. It is known for the grove of platans, some of which are more than 1000 years old. Urgut is located in mountainous areas....
- Vobkent - Xo‘jayli
Xo‘jayli
Xo‘jayli also spelles as Khodjeyli and Khodzheyli is a town and seat of Xo’jayli District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan....
- Yangiobod - Yangiyer - Yangiyo‘l
Yangiyo‘l
Yangiyo‘l also spelled as Yangiyul is a 13th city in Uzbekistan's Toshkent Province, 20km from the city of Tashkent. It has a population of about 60,000 people. Industry in the area includes textiles and paper...
- Zarafshon
History
SakaSaka
The Saka were a Scythian tribe or group of tribes....
- Massagetae
Massagetae
The Massageteans or Massagetaeans were an Iranian nomadic confederation in antiquity known primarily from the writings of Herodotus. Their name was probably akin to Thyssagetae.-Name:...
- Sogdiana
Sogdiana
Sogdiana or Sogdia was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a province of the Achaemenid Empire, eighteenth in the list on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great . Sogdiana is "listed" as the second of the "good lands and countries" that Ahura Mazda created...
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world, covering Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia from 250 to 125 BC...
- Parthia
Parthia
Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, rulers of the Parthian Empire....
- Kushan Empire
Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire originally formed in the early 1st century AD under Kujula Kadphises in the territories of ancient Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus in what is now northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.During the 1st and early 2nd centuries...
- Hephthalite
Hephthalite
The Hephthalites or Hephthalite is a pre-Islamic Greek term for local Abdali Afghans, who's famous ruler was Nazak Abdali . Hephthalites were a Central Asian nomadic confederation of the AD 5th-6th centuries whose precise origins and composition remain obscure...
- Turkic Khaganate - Turgesh
Turgesh
The Türgesh, Turgish or Türgish were a Turkic tribal confederation who emerged from the ruins of the Western Turkic Kaganate...
- Karluks - Karakhanids - Great Seljuk Empire - Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty - Mongol invasion of Central Asia
Mongol invasion of Central Asia
The Mongol invasion of Central Asia occurred after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes on Mongolian plateau in 1206. It finally completed when Genghis Khan conquered the Khwarizmian Empire in 1221....
- Chagatai Khanate
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Turko-Mongol khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors...
- Uzbeg Khan
Uzbeg Khan
Sultan Mohammed Öz-Beg, better known as Uzbeg or Ozbeg , was the longest-reigning khan of the Golden Horde, under whose rule the state reached its zenith...
- Timur
Timur
Timur , historically known as Tamerlane in English , was a 14th-century conqueror of West, South and Central Asia, and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, and great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived as the Mughal Empire in India until...
- Timurid dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
The Timurids , self-designated Gurkānī , were a Persianate, Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turko-Mongol descent whose empire included the whole of Iran, modern Afghanistan, and modern Uzbekistan, as well as large parts of contemporary Pakistan, North India, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the...
- Shaybanids
Shaybanids
The Shaybanids were a Persianized dynasty of Mongolian origin in central Asia. They were the patrilineal descendants of Shiban, the fifth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. Until the mid-14th century, they acknowledged the authority of the descendants of Batu Khan and Orda Khan, such as...
- Khanate of Bukhara
Khanate of Bukhara
Khanate of Bukhara was a significant state in Central Asia from the second quarter of 16th century to the late–18th century. Bukhara became the capital of the short-lived Shaybanid empire during the reign of Ubaydallah Khan . The khanate reached its greatest extent and influence under its...
- Khanate of Khiva
Khanate of Khiva
The Khanate of Khiva was the name of a Uzbek state that existed in the historical region of Khwarezm from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of Persian occupation by Nadir Shah between 1740–1746. It was the patrilineal descendants of Shayban , the fifth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan...
- Khanate of Kokand
Khanate of Kokand
The Khanate of Kokand was a state in Central Asia that existed from 1709–1883 within the territory of modern eastern Uzbekistan, southern Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan...
- Russian history, 1855–1892 - Great Game - Basmachi Revolt
Basmachi Revolt
The Basmachi movement or Basmachi Revolt was an uprising against Russian Imperial and Soviet rule by the Muslim, largely Turkic peoples of Central Asia....
- Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was created from the Turkestan Krai of Imperial Russia...
- Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Demographics
SartSart
Sart is a name for the settled inhabitants of Central Asia which has had shifting meanings over the centuries. Sarts, known sometimes as Ak-Sart in ancient times, did not have any particular ethnic identification, and were usually town-dwellers.-Origin:There are several theories about the origin...
- Tajik people - Taranchi
Taranchi
The term Taranchi denotes the Muslim sedentary population living in oases around the Tarim Basin in today's Xinjiang, whose native language is Turkic Karluk, and whose ancestral heritages include Iranic and Tocharian populations of Tarim and the later Turco-Mongol immigrants of the Qarluq, Uyghur,...
- Turkic peoples
Turkic peoples
The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...
- Uzbek people
Languages
Russian languageRussian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
- Tajik language
Tajik language
Tajik, Tajik Persian, or Tajiki, is a variety of modern Persian spoken in Central Asia. Historically Tajiks called their language zabani farsī , meaning Persian language in English; the term zabani tajikī, or Tajik language, was introduced in the 20th century by the Soviets...
- Turkic languages
Turkic languages
The Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken...
- Uzbek language
Uzbek language
Uzbek is a Turkic language and the official language of Uzbekistan. It has about 25.5 million native speakers, and it is spoken by the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan and elsewhere in Central Asia...
- Uighur language
Law
Constitution of UzbekistanConstitution of Uzbekistan
The Constitution of Uzbekistan was originally adopted on 8 December 1992 and subsequently modified on 28 December 1993. It is the supreme law of the Republic of Uzbekistan .-Overview:...
- Human rights in Uzbekistan
Human rights in Uzbekistan
The state of human rights in Uzbekistan has faced heavy criticism for the arbitrary arrests, religious persecution, and torture employed by the government on a regional and national level.-Overview:The U.S...
- LGBT rights in Uzbekistan
LGBT rights in Uzbekistan
Sex between two men is illegal in Uzbekistan. Punishment ranges from a fine to 3 years in prison.Penal Code 1994/95 *§ 120“Besoqolbozlik, that is, voluntary sexual intercourse of two male individuals – shall be punished with imprisonment up to three years.” -See also:*Human rights in...
- Supreme Court of Uzbekistan
Supreme Court of Uzbekistan
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan is the most senior body of civil, criminal, and administrative law in the Republic of Uzbekistan.-External links:*...
Politics
Cabinet of Uzbekistan- Foreign relations of UzbekistanForeign relations of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991. However, it is opposed to reintegration and withdrew from the CIS collective security arrangement in 1999...
- Government of Uzbekistan - House of Commons of Uzbekistan - International organization membership of Uzbekistan
International organization membership of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a member of the following international organizations:* United Nations* World Bank* Asian Development Bank * European Bank for Reconstruction and Development * International Monetary Fund...
-List of diplomatic missions in Uzbekistan - List of political parties in Uzbekistan - President of Uzbekistan
President of Uzbekistan
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the Head of State and executive authority in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The office of President was established in 1991 replacing the position of First secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan that has existed since 1925 while the country was known...
- Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
According to the Constitution of Uzbekistan, the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and the deputy ministers are appointed by the President.-Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars:*Fayzulla Khodzhayev...
- Senate of Uzbekistan
Senate of Uzbekistan
The Senate is the upper house of the Supreme Assembly or National Assembly of Uzbekistan.-Composition:The senate is composed of 100 members:* 84 elected senators;* 16 senators appointed by the president.-Election:...
- United States-Uzbekistan relations
United States-Uzbekistan relations
Uzbek–American relations most importantly begun when the United States recognized the independence of Uzbekistan on December 25, 1991, and opened an Embassy in Tashkent in March 1992. U.S.-Uzbekistan relations developed slowly and reached a peak following the U.S. decision to invade Afghanistan...
Politicians
Islam Karimov - Shavkat Mirziyoyev - Abdulhashim Mutalov - O‘tkir SultonovReligion
Buddhism in UzbekistanBuddhism in Uzbekistan
Buddhism in Uzbekistan is practiced by about 0.2% of the population, according to the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004. Most are ethnic Koreans....
- Christianity in Uzbekistan
Christianity in Uzbekistan
Prior to the advent of Islam, present-day Uzbekistan had sizable communities of eastern Christians, including Nestorians and Jacobites. Initially tolerated by the Muslim rulers, they came under increasing persecution and pressure to convert. Around 1400, Tamerlane engaged in a fierce campaign to...
- Hinduism in Uzbekistan
Hinduism in Uzbekistan
There are few thousand Hindus followers of Hare Krishna in Uzbekistan as per International Religious Freedom Report 2006]Brahma Kumaris are also present in Uzbekistan.-Indians in Uzbekistan:...
- Islam in Uzbekistan
Islam in Uzbekistan
Islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, as Muslims constitute 90% of the population while 5% of the population follow Russian Orthodox Christianity according to a 2009 US State Department release. However, a 2009 Pew Research Center report stated that Uzbekistan's population is 96.3%...
- Judaism in Uzbekistan
Culture
Ak Astana-BabaAk Astana-Baba
Ak Astana-Baba is a mausoleum that is located in the Surxondaryo Province of Uzbekistan The mausoleum is being considered for inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage site.- Site Description :...
- Arab-Ata Mausoleum
Arab-Ata Mausoleum
- Site Description :Built on top of a tepa, or triangular-shaped hill, in the 10th Century, the mausoleum fills an important gap in understanding the evolution of mausoleum architecture in Central Asia.- World Heritage Status :...
- Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Bibi-Khanym Mosque is a famous historical Friday mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, whose name comes from the wife of 14th-century ruler, Amir Timur.-Features:...
- Cinema of Uzbekistan
Cinema of Uzbekistan
The Uzbek cinema history can be divided into two periods: the Cinema of the Soviet Uzbekistan and the cinema of the Uzbekistan Independent ....
-Cuisine of Uzbekistan - Khanbandi
Khanbandi
The Khanbandi dam is located in the Zarafshan river basin of Uzbekistan, and is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.-Site description:...
- List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan - Media in Uzbekistan -
Music of Uzbekistan
Music of Uzbekistan
Central Asian classical music is called shashmaqam, which arose in Bukhara in the late 16th century when that city was a regional capital. Shashmaqam is closely related to Azeri mugam and Uyghur muqam. The name, which translates as six maqams refers to the structure of the music, which contains...
- Public holidays in Uzbekistan
Public holidays in Uzbekistan
Holidays in Uzbekistan:Fixed date:Variable date:*End of Ramazon Ramazon Hayit Eid al-Fitr*70 days later Qurbon Hayit Eid al-Adha...
- Registan
Registan
The Registan was the heart of the ancient city of Samarkand, now in Uzbekistan. The name Registan means "Sandy place" in Persian....
Sports
2009 Uzbekistan national football team results - FC BunyodkorFC Bunyodkor
FC Bunyodkor is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League...
-Rugby union in Uzbekistan
Rugby union in Uzbekistan
-Soviet Period:Rugby union was played in the Russian Empire as early as in 1908. In 1934 the Moscow Championship was started, and in 1936 the first Soviet Championship took place....
- Scouting in Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
-Gold:-Athletics:The lone bright spot for the Uzbekistani team in Athens was Asian champion Lyubov Perepelova's run to the semifinals in the women's 100 meters. This was marred, however, by the positive drug test of shot putter Olga Shchukina. Asian decathlon champion Vitaliy Smirnov had three new...
- Uzbekistan at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Uzbekistan at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Uzbekistan participatied in the 2007 Asian Winter Games held in Changchun, China from January 28, 2007 to February 4, 2007.-Medal table:Medals as of January 30, 2007-References:...
- Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Uzbekistan competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008, with a team of 58 athletes.-Medalists:- Athletics:Men's decathlonWomen's heptathlon...
- Uzbekistan at the Asian Games - Uzbekistan Davis Cup team
Uzbekistan Davis Cup team
The Uzbekistan Davis Cup team represents Uzbekistan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Uzbekistan Tennis Federation.Uzbekistan currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I. They have never competed in the World Group, but reached the Play-offs on four occasions...
- Uzbekistan national baseball team
Uzbekistan national baseball team
The Uzbekistan national baseball team is the national baseball team of Uzbekistan. The team represents Uzbekistan in international competitions....
- Uzbekistan Football Federation
Uzbekistan Football Federation
The Uzbekistan Football Federation is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbek national team. It was founded in 1946, while Uzbekistan was still under Soviet rule, and has been a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation since 1994.The federation organizes the...
- Uzbekistan national football team
Uzbekistan national football team
The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in association football and is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Uzbekistan...
- Uzbekistan national futsal team
Uzbekistan national futsal team
The Uzbekistan national futsal team is controlled by the Uzbekistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Uzbekistan and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as World Cup and the Asian Futsal Championship....
- Uzbekistani records in athletics
Uzbekistani records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Uzbekistan maintained by the Athletic Federation of Uzbekistan .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratifiedht = hand timing-External links:*...
- Uzbek League
Uzbek League
The Uzbekistan Professional Football League , is the top division of football in Uzbekistan, and is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.-Soviet time champions:*1926 : FC Tashkent*1927 : FC Tashkent*1928 : FC Fergana...
Military
Air Force of Uzbekistan - Army of Uzbekistan - Military history of UzbekistanEconomy and infrastructure
Agriculture in UzbekistanAgriculture in Uzbekistan
Agriculture in Uzbekistan employs 28% of the country's labor force and contributes 24% of its GDP . Crop agriculture requires irrigation and occurs mainly in river valleys and oases. Cultivable land is 4.4 million hectares, or about 10% of Uzbekistan's total area, and it has to be shared between...
- Banking in Uzbekistan - Communications in Uzbekistan
Communications in Uzbekistan
Telecommunications networks in Uzbekistan are largely based on Soviet-built infrastructure but with lots of modern additions making the country one of the leading in the region in terms of informational development.- Telephone :...
- Energy policy of Uzbekistan - Internet in Uzbekistan - List of airports in Uzbekistan - List of companies of Uzbekistan -Mining in Uzbekistan - National Bank of Uzbekistan - Oil industry in Uzbekistan - Rail transport in Uzbekistan - Tourism in Uzbekistan
Tourism in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a country with great potential for an expanded tourism industry. Many of its Central Asian cities were main points of trade on the Silk Road, linking Eastern and Western civilizations. Today the museums of Uzbekistan store over two million artifacts, evidence of the unique historical,...
- Transport in Uzbekistan
Transport in Uzbekistan
Because of low investment and poor maintenance, Uzbekistan's overland transportation infrastructure has declined significantly in the post-Soviet era. Air transport is the only branch that has received substantial government investment in the early 2000s, as airport modernization projects have been...
- Uzbekistani som
Uzbekistani som
The som is the currency of Uzbekistan in Central Asia. The ISO 4217 currency code is UZS.-Etymology:In the Soviet Union, speakers of Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek called the ruble the som, and this name appeared written on the back of banknotes, among the texts for the value of the bill in all 15...
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