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Republic of Uzbekistan O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Ўзбекистон Республикаси | |
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| Capital and largest city | Tashkent |
| Official languages | Uzbek |
| Ethnic groups (1996) | |
| Demonym(s) | Uzbek |
| Government | Unitary presidential state |
| Shavkat Mirziyoyev | |
| Abdulla Aripov | |
| Legislature | Supreme Assembly |
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| Independence from the Soviet Union | |
• Formation | 1747b |
| October 27, 1924 | |
• Declared | September 1, 1991 |
• Recognized | December 8, 1991 |
• Completed | December 25, 1991 |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (56th) |
• Water (%) | 4.9 |
| Population | |
• 2012 estimate | 29,559,100 (45th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (136th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $103.212 billion. |
• Per capita | $3,536. |
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $51.979 billion |
• Per capita | $1,780 |
| Gini (2000) | ▼ 26.8 low · 95th |
| HDI (2010) |  0.617medium · 102nd |
| Currency | Uzbekistan so'm (O'zbekiston so'mi) (UZS) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +998 |
| ISO 3166 code | UZ |
| Internet TLD | .uz |
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Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia. Its capital and largest city is Tashkent. There are about 34,8 million people living in Uzbekistan, now. The neighbouring countries are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It is a doubly landlocked country, of which there are only two in the world. Most people in Uzbekistan speak a language called Uzbek, a Turkic language similar to Uyghur and Turkish. In the Uzbek language, Uzbekistan is called "O‘zbekiston" and it means "the land of the true nobles". Uzbekistan has a long history. Humans first lived in Uzbekistan from before the 2nd millennium BC. The current president today is Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Human rights in Uzbekistan are 'atrocious' according to Human Rights Watch
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