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Country Name:
Conventional long form: Republic of Uzbekistan
Conventional short form: Uzbekistan
Local long form: Uzbekiston Respublikasi
Local short form: None
Former: Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Country code: UZB
Internet country code: .uz
Capital: Tashkent
Population: 2,117,500 (1997)
President: Islam Karimov |
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Administrative divisions: 12 provinces (singular - viloyat; plural: viloyatlar), 1 autonomous republic:
Karakalpakistan (capital-Nukus)
Viloyatlar: Andijan, Bukhoro, Farghona, Jizzakh, Namangan, Navoiy, Kashqadaryo, Samarkand, Sirdaryo, Surkhondaryo,
Tashkent, Khorazm
Population: 21,705,000 (1993 est.)
Nationality: noun: Uzbekistani(s) adjective: Uzbek
Ethnic groups: Uzbek 71%; Russian 8%; Tajik 5%; other 16% |
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Languages: Uzbek 71%; Russian 8%; Tajik 5%; other 16%
Religions: Muslim (mostly Sunnis) 75-80%; other (includes Farsi) 20-25%
Labour force: 11.9 million (1998 est.)
By occupation:
agriculture: 2">44%
industry: 20%
services: 36% (1995)
Unemployment rate: 10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line: NA%
Agricultural products: Cotton, with much smaller production of grain, fruits
vegetables, and livestock
Natural Resources: Natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper,
lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum
Industries: Chemical and mineral fertilizers, vegetable oil, textiles
GDP: Composition per sector:
agriculture: 33%
industry: 24%
services: 43% (2000 est.)
Environment - current issues: Shrinkage of the Aral Sea is resulting in growing concentrations of
chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown
from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification;
water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers
and pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders; increasing
soil salination; soil contamination from buried nuclear processing and
agricultural chemicals, including DDT.
Environment international agreements:
Partly to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection,
Wetlands.
Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements
International Organization Participation: AsDB, CCC, CIS, EAPC,
EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer)
Currency: Uzbekistani Sum (UZS) Rate (per $US): 687.0 (January 2002)
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Time: GMT + 5
Telephony: Country code: 998. The area code
for Tashkent is 712 for six-digit numbers and 71 for seven-digit numbers)
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