Outline of Uzbekistan
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Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
. Uzbekistan borders Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
and Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
to the east, and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
and Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
to the south.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uzbekistan:
General reference
- PronunciationInternational Phonetic AlphabetThe International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
: - Common English country name: UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
- Official English country name: The Republic of Uzbekistan
- Common endonym(s): O'zbekiston
- Official endonym(s): O‘zbekiston RespublikasiUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
- Adjectival(s): Uzbekistani, Uzbek
- Demonym(s): Uzbekistani, UzbekUzbeksThe Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Pakistan, Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China...
- EtymologyEtymologyEtymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
: Name of Uzbekistan - International rankings of UzbekistanInternational rankings of Uzbekistan-International rankings:...
- ISO country codes: UZ, UZB, 860
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:UZISO 3166-2:UZISO 3166-2:UZ is the entry for Uzbekistan in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Uzbekistan, ISO 3166-2 codes...
- InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
country code top-level domainCountry code top-level domainA country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
: .uz.uz.uz is the Internet country code top-level domain for Uzbekistan. Registry services were formerly operated by Euracom GmBH, but were later redelegated to UZINFOCOM...
Geography of Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan is: a doubly landlocked country
- Location:
- Northern HemisphereNorthern HemisphereThe Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
and Eastern HemisphereEastern HemisphereThe Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes... - EurasiaEurasiaEurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
- AsiaAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
- Central AsiaCentral AsiaCentral Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
- Central Asia
- Asia
- Time zoneTime zoneA time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
: Uzbekistan TimeUzbekistan TimeUzbekistan Time is the standard time in Uzbekistan it is 5 hours ahead of UTC, UTC+05:00. The standard time uses no daylight saving time, though there has been constant debate whether to adopt it in order to increase leisure time....
(UTC+05) - Extreme points of Uzbekistan
- High: Khazret SultanKhazret SultanKhazret Sultan is a mountain and the highest point of Uzbekistan, with an altitude of 4,643 metres . It is located on the border between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, in Surkhandarya Province, in the Uzbek part of the Gissar Range...
4643 m (15,233 ft) - Low: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m
- High: Khazret Sultan
- Land boundaries: 6,221 km
- Northern Hemisphere
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Kazakhstan 2,203 km
Turkmenistan 1,621 km
Tajikistan 1,161 km
Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km
Afghanistan 137 km
- Coastline: none
- 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
- Environmental issues in Uzbekistan
- Ecoregions in Uzbekistan
- Renewable energy in Uzbekistan
- Geology of Uzbekistan
- Protected areas of Uzbekistan
- Biosphere reserves in Uzbekistan
- National parks of Uzbekistan
- Wildlife of Uzbekistan
- Flora 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
Ecoregions of Uzbekistan
Administrative divisions of Uzbekistan
- Provinces of UzbekistanProvinces of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan is divided into 12 provinces , 1 autonomous republic , and 1 independent city |Uzbekistan is divided into 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular viloyat, viloyati in compound, e.g. Toshkent viloyati, Samarqand viloyati), 1 autonomous republic (respublika, respublikasi in compound, e.g....
- Districts of UzbekistanDistricts of UzbekistanThe provinces of Uzbekistan are divided into districts . The districts are listed by province, in the general direction from west to east. Names often transliterated from Russian....
Provinces of Uzbekistan
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...
with standard phonetic transcription in parentheses.
- 02 AndijonAndijan ProvinceAndijan 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...
(Andijan) - 03 BuxoroBuxoro ProvinceBuxoro Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the southwest of the country. The Kyzyl-Kum Desert takes up a large portion of its territory. It borders Turkmenistan, Navoiy Province, Qashqadaryo Province, a tiny bit of Xorazm Province, and the Karakalpakstan Republic. It covers an area...
(Bukhara) - 04 Farg'onaFergana ProvinceFergana 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...
(Fergana) - 05 Jizzax (Jizzakh)
- 06 NamanganNamangan ProvinceNamangan 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...
(Namangan) - 07 NavoiyNavoiy ProvinceNavoiy 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,...
(Navoiy) - 08 QashqadaryoQashqadaryo ProvinceQashqadaryo Province , is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the country in the basin of the Qashqadaryo River and the western slopes of the Pamir Mountains. It borders with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Samarqand Province, Buxoro Province and Surxondaryo Province. It covers...
(Kashkadarya) - 09 SamarqandSamarqand ProvinceSamarqand Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the center of the country in the basin of Zarafshan River. It borders with Tajikstan, Navoiy Province, Jizzakh Province and Qashqadaryo Province. It covers an area of 16,400 km²...
(Samarkand) - 10 SirdaryoSirdaryo ProvinceSirdarya Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the center of the country on the left bank of Syr Darya River. It borders with , Tajikstan, Toshkent Province and Jizzakh Province. It covers an area of 5,100 km², and is mostly desert, with the Starving Steppe taking up a significant...
(Syrdarya) - 11 SurxondaryoSurxondaryo ProvinceSurxondaryo Province , old spelling Surkhandarya Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the extreme south-east of the country. Established on March 6, 1941, it borders on Turkmenistan, Tajikstan, Afghanistan and Qashqadaryo Province. It covers an area of 20,100 km²...
(Surkhandarya) - 12 ToshkentToshkent ProvinceTashkent Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien Shan Mountains. It borders with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan, Sirdaryo Province and Namangan Province. It covers an area of 15,300 km²...
(Tashkent) - 13 XorazmXorazm ProvinceXorazm Province or Khorezm Province as it is still more commonly known, is a viloyat of Uzbekistan located in the northwest of the country in the lower reaches of the Amu-Darya River. It borders with Turkmenistan, Karakalpakstan, and Buxoro Province. It covers an area of 6,300 km²...
(Khorezm) - 14 Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi (Karakalpakstan)
- 01 Tashkent (city)TashkentTashkent 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:...
Government and politics of Uzbekistan
- Main article: Government of Uzbekistan and Politics of UzbekistanPolitics of UzbekistanThe politics of Uzbekistan take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Uzbekistan is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament,...
- Form of governmentForm of governmentA form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
: Presidential republic - Capital of Uzbekistan: Tashkent
- Elections in UzbekistanElections in UzbekistanElections in Uzbekistan gives information on election and election results in Uzbekistan.Uzbekistan elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...
- (specific elections)
- Political parties in Uzbekistan
- Political scandals of Uzbekistan
- Taxation in Uzbekistan
Executive branch of the government of Uzbekistan
- Head of stateHead of StateA head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
: President of UzbekistanPresident of UzbekistanPresident 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...
, Islam Karimov (in office since January 1992) - Head of governmentHead of governmentHead of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
: Prime Minister of UzbekistanPrime Minister of UzbekistanAccording 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...
, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (appointed December 2003) - Cabinet of Uzbekistan
Legislative branch of the government of Uzbekistan
- Parliament of Uzbekistan (bicameral)
- Upper houseUpper houseAn upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
: Senate of UzbekistanSenate of UzbekistanThe 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:... - Lower houseLower houseA lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
: House of Commons of Uzbekistan
- Upper house
Judicial branch of the government of Uzbekistan
- Supreme Court of UzbekistanSupreme Court of UzbekistanThe Supreme Court of Uzbekistan is the most senior body of civil, criminal, and administrative law in the Republic of Uzbekistan.-External links:*...
Foreign relations of Uzbekistan
- Diplomatic missions in Uzbekistan
- Diplomatic missions of UzbekistanDiplomatic missions of UzbekistanThis is a list of diplomaic missions of Uzbekistan. The landlocked Central Asian state straddles an interesting political divide within the spheres of influence of Russia, China and the Islamic world...
International organization membership
The Republic of Uzbekistan is a member of:- Asian Development BankAsian Development BankThe Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
(ADB) - Collective Security Treaty OrganizationCollective Security Treaty OrganizationThe Collective Security Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed on 15 May 1992. On 7 October 2002, the Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed a charter in Tashkent founding the CSTO.Nikolai Bordyuzha was appointed...
(CSTO) - Commonwealth of Independent StatesCommonwealth of Independent StatesThe Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
(CIS) - Economic Cooperation OrganizationEconomic Cooperation OrganizationThe Economic Cooperation Organization is an intergovernmental organization involving seven Asian and three Eurasian nations, part of the South-central Asian Union. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve development and promote trade, and investment opportunities. The ECO is an ad hoc...
(ECO) - Eurasian Economic CommunityEurasian Economic CommunityThe Eurasian Economic Community originated from the Commonwealth of Independent States customs union between Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan on 29 March 1996...
(EAEC) - Euro-Atlantic Partnership CouncilEuro-Atlantic Partnership CouncilThe Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council , a NATO institution, is a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and those parts of Asia on the European periphery. The member states meet to cooperate and consult on a range of political and security issues...
(EAPC) - European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentFounded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 30 countries from central Europe to central Asia. Its mission was to support the formerly communist countries in the process of establishing their...
(EBRD) - Food and Agriculture OrganizationFood and Agriculture OrganizationThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
(FAO) - General Confederation of Trade UnionsGeneral Confederation of Trade UnionsThe General Confederation of Trade Unions or GCTU is an international trade union confederation. It was founded April 16, 1992 and incorporates members from the Commonwealth of Independent States....
(GCTU) - International Atomic Energy AgencyInternational Atomic Energy AgencyThe International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
(IAEA) - International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentInternational Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentThe International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
(IBRD) - International Civil Aviation OrganizationInternational Civil Aviation OrganizationThe International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
(ICAO) - International Criminal CourtInternational Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
(ICCt) (signatory) - International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- International Development AssociationInternational Development AssociationThe International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
(IDA) - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
(IFRCS) - International Finance CorporationInternational Finance CorporationThe International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
(IFC) - International Labour OrganizationInternational Labour OrganizationThe International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
(ILO) - International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
(IMF) - International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic CommitteeThe International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
(IOC) - International Organization for StandardizationInternational Organization for StandardizationThe International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
(ISO) - International Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementThe International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
(ICRM)
- International Telecommunication UnionInternational Telecommunication UnionThe International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
(ITU) - International Telecommunications Satellite OrganizationInternational Telecommunications Satellite OrganizationThe International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
(ITSO) - Islamic Development BankIslamic Development BankThe Islamic Development Bank is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded by the first conference of Finance Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference , convened 23 Dhu'l Qa'dah 1393 AH.The bank officially began its activities on...
(IDB) - Multilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyMultilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyThe Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
(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 PeacePartnership for PeacePartnership for Peace is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 22 States are members...
(PFP) - Shanghai Cooperation OrganizationShanghai Cooperation OrganizationThe Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO , is an intergovernmental mutual-security organisation which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan...
(SCO) - United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
(UN) - United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUnited Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentThe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
(UNCTAD) - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationThe United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
(UNIDO) - Universal Postal UnionUniversal Postal UnionThe Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
(UPU) - World Customs OrganizationWorld Customs OrganizationThe World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
(WCO) - World Federation of Trade UnionsWorld Federation of Trade UnionsThe World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
(WFTU) - World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO) - World Intellectual Property OrganizationWorld Intellectual Property OrganizationThe World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
(WIPO) - World Meteorological OrganizationWorld Meteorological OrganizationThe World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
(WMO) - World Tourism OrganizationWorld Tourism OrganizationThe World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
(UNWTO) - World Trade OrganizationWorld Trade OrganizationThe World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
(WTO) (observer)
Law and order in Uzbekistan
- Capital punishment in Uzbekistan
- Constitution of UzbekistanConstitution of UzbekistanThe 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:...
- Crime in Uzbekistan
- Human rights in UzbekistanHuman rights in UzbekistanThe 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 UzbekistanLGBT rights in UzbekistanSex 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...
- Freedom of religion in UzbekistanFreedom of religion in UzbekistanThe Constitution provides for freedom of religion and for the principle of separation of church and state; however, the Government continued to restrict these rights in practice...
- LGBT rights in Uzbekistan
- Law enforcement in Uzbekistan
Military of Uzbekistan
- Command
- Commander-in-chiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
:- Ministry of Defence of Uzbekistan
- Commander-in-chief
- Forces
- Army of Uzbekistan
- NavyNavyA navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...
of Uzbekistan: None - Air Force of Uzbekistan
- Special forces of Uzbekistan
- Military history of Uzbekistan
- Military ranks of Uzbekistan
History of Uzbekistan
- Main article: History of UzbekistanHistory of UzbekistanIn the first millennium BC, Iranian nomads established irrigation systems along the rivers of Central Asia and built towns at Bukhoro and Samarqand. These places became extremely wealthy points of transit on what became known as the Silk Road between China and Europe...
, Timeline of the history of Uzbekistan, and Current events of Uzbekistan
- Economic history of Uzbekistan
- Military history of Uzbekistan
Culture of Uzbekistan
- Architecture of Uzbekistan
- Cuisine of Uzbekistan
- Ethnic minorities in Uzbekistan
- Festivals in Uzbekistan
- Humor in Uzbekistan
- Languages of Uzbekistan
- Media in Uzbekistan
- National symbols of UzbekistanNational symbols of UzbekistanThe 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...
- Coat of arms of UzbekistanCoat of arms of UzbekistanThe 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 UzbekistanFlag of UzbekistanThe 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
- Coat of arms of Uzbekistan
- People of Uzbekistan
- Prostitution in UzbekistanProstitution in UzbekistanProstitution in Uzbekistan is illegal but sometimes prostitutes work with police to avoid being arrested. Prostitution has been blamed for a rise in AIDS....
- Public holidays in UzbekistanPublic holidays in UzbekistanHolidays in Uzbekistan:Fixed date:Variable date:*End of Ramazon Ramazon Hayit Eid al-Fitr*70 days later Qurbon Hayit Eid al-Adha...
- Records of Uzbekistan
- Religion in UzbekistanReligion in UzbekistanIslam is by far the majority religion in Uzbekistan with a 96.3% Muslim population.- Islam :There are more Sunnite than Shiite Muslims among the residents. Islam was brought to ancestors of modern Uzbeks during the 8th century when the Arabs entered Central Asia. Islam initially took hold in the...
- Buddhism in UzbekistanBuddhism in UzbekistanBuddhism 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 UzbekistanChristianity in UzbekistanPrior 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 UzbekistanHinduism in UzbekistanThere 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 UzbekistanIslam in UzbekistanIslam 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
- Sikhism in Uzbekistan
- Buddhism in Uzbekistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan
Art in Uzbekistan
- Art in Uzbekistan
- Cinema of UzbekistanCinema of UzbekistanThe Uzbek cinema history can be divided into two periods: the Cinema of the Soviet Uzbekistan and the cinema of the Uzbekistan Independent ....
- Literature of Uzbekistan
- Music of UzbekistanMusic of UzbekistanCentral 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...
- Television in Uzbekistan
- Theatre in Uzbekistan
Sports in Uzbekistan
- Football in UzbekistanFootball in UzbekistanFootball is the most popular sport in Uzbekistan, a country that gained independence in 1991. The national association takes part in all competitions organised by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation. -Soviet Period:...
- Uzbekistan at the OlympicsUzbekistan at the OlympicsUzbekistan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then....
Economy and infrastructure of Uzbekistan
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 87th (eighty-seventh)
- Agriculture in UzbekistanAgriculture in UzbekistanAgriculture 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
- National Bank of Uzbekistan
- Communications in UzbekistanCommunications in UzbekistanTelecommunications 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 :...
- Internet in Uzbekistan
- Companies of Uzbekistan
- Currency of UzbekistanCurrencyIn economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
: SomUzbekistani somThe 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...
- ISO 4217ISO 4217ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
: UZS
- ISO 4217
- Economic history of Uzbekistan
- Energy in Uzbekistan
- Energy policy of Uzbekistan
- Oil industry in Uzbekistan
- Health care in Uzbekistan
- Mining in Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan Stock Exchange
- Tourism in UzbekistanTourism in UzbekistanUzbekistan 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,...
- Transportation in Uzbekistan
- Airports in Uzbekistan
- Rail transport in Uzbekistan
- Roads in Uzbekistan
- Water supply and sanitation in Uzbekistan
See also
- Index of Uzbekistan-related articlesIndex of Uzbekistan-related articles- General :Coat of arms of Uzbekistan - Flag of Uzbekistan - National anthem of Uzbekistan - National symbols of Uzbekistan- Geography :Fergana Valley - Lakes of Uzbekistan - Mountains of Uzbekistan - Qizilqum-Provinces:...
- List of international rankings
- List of Uzbekistan-related topics
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of AsiaOutline of AsiaThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia:Asia – world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
- Outline of geographyOutline of geographyThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...