Full name | Republic of Uzbekistan |
Capital City | Tashkent |
Population | 31.2 million (est. 2015) |
Area | 447,400 km* |
Borders | Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan and Turkmenistan by land and Azerbaijan by sea. |
Language | Uzbek, Russian and Tajik |
Currency | Uzbekistani Som |
Country Code | +998 |
Time Zone | UTC+05:00 (Uzbekistan Time) |
Newspaper | Caspian Business News, Futbol Gazetasi, Hamkor, Harakat, Nalog, Narodnoe Slovo, Onlife, Pravda Vostoka, Review and Zerkalo 21 |
Places to Visit | Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva and Moynaq |
Climate | Continental |
Major Religion | Islam and Eastern Orthodox |
*Source: www.mfa.uz
In 2014, Uzbekistan exported $6.14B and imported $12.7B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $6.53B. In 2014 the GDP of Uzbekistan was $62.6B and its GDP per capita was $5.57k.
The top exports of Uzbekistan are:
Gold ($1.39B), Petroleum Gas($895M), Non-Retail Pure Cotton Yarn ($476M), Cars ($448M) and Refined Copper ($388M).
The top export destinations of Uzbekistan are:
China ($1.51B),Switzerland ($1.34B), Kazakhstan ($989M), Russia ($866M) and Turkey ($775M).
Its top imports are:
Vehicle Parts ($845M), Packaged Medicaments ($629M), Refined Petroleum ($477M), Sawn Wood ($415M) and Coated Flat-Rolled Iron ($341M).
The top import origins are:
Russia ($3.11B), China ($2.66B), South Korea ($2.03B), Kazakhstan ($1.05B) and Germany ($616M).
[August 2016]
Strongman Uzbek leader Islam Karimov, who has dominated the Central Asian nation for over 25 years has died at the age of 78, days after he suffered a stroke, diplomatic sources have said. [Details...]
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UZBEKISTAN
Address: National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
http://www.nuu.uz
SAMARKAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Address: Samarkand State University, 15, Universitetskiy Bulvar, Samarkand, 703004, Uzbekistan
http://www.ssu.ilm.uz/
TASHKENT STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY
Address: Tashkent State Agrarian University, 2, UNIVERSITETSKAYA street, Tashkent 100140, Uzbekistan
http://www.tsau.uz/
TASHKENT STATE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS
Address: Tashkent State University of Economics, 49, Uzbekistanskaya , 700003, Tashkent , Uzbekistan
http://www.tsue.zu
UNIVERSITY OF WORLD ECONOMY AND DIPLOMACY
Address: University of World Economy and Diplomacy, 54, Buyuk Ipak Yuli, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
http://www.uwed.uz/
UZBEK STATE WORLD LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY
Address: Uzbek State World Languages University, 21a ul. Sobir Yusupov, Tashkent, 700015, Uzbekistan
http://uswlu.freenet.uz/
WESTMINSTER INTERNATION UNIVERSITY IN TASHKENT
Address: Westminster International University in Tashkent, 12 Akhunbabaev St., Tashkent 100000, Uzbekistan
http://www.wiut.uz/
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