Outline of Uzbekistan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uzbekistan:

The Uzbekistan – doubly landlocked^[1] sovereign country located in Central Asia.^[2] Uzbekistan borders Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Uzbekistan
• Official English country name: The Republic of Uzbekistan
• Common endonym(s): O'zbekiston
• Official endonym(s): O‘zbekiston Respublikasi
• Adjectival(s): Uzbekistani, Uzbek
• Demonym(s): Uzbekistani, Uzbek
• Etymology: Name of Uzbekistan
• International rankings of Uzbekistan
• ISO country codes: UZ, UZB, 860
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:UZ
• Internet country code top-level domain: .uz

Geography of Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan is: a doubly landlocked country^[1]
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Asia
      • Central Asia
  • Time zone: Uzbekistan Time (UTC+05)
  • Extreme points of Uzbekistan
    • High: Khazret Sultan 4,643 m (15,233 ft)
    • Low: Sariqarnish Kuli −12 m (−39 ft)
  • Land boundaries: 6,221 km

 Kazakhstan 2,203 km

 Turkmenistan 1,621 km

 Tajikistan 1,161 km

 Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km

 Afghanistan 137 km

• Coastline: none^[1][3]

• 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
• Renewable energy in Uzbekistan
• Geology of Uzbekistan
• Protected areas of Uzbekistan
  • Biosphere reserves in Uzbekistan
  • National parks of Uzbekistan
• Wildlife 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

Regions of Uzbekistan

Administrative divisions of Uzbekistan

• Regions of Uzbekistan

• Districts of Uzbekistan

Regions of Uzbekistan

The regions are keyed to the map. The names are given in Uzbek with standard phonetic transcription in parentheses.

• 02 Andijon (Andijan)
• 03 Buxoro (Bukhara)
• 04 Farg'ona (Fergana)
• 05 Jizzax (Jizzakh)
• 06 Namangan (Namangan)
• 07 Navoiy (Navoiy)
• 08 Qashqadaryo (Kashkadarya)
• 09 Samarqand (Samarkand)
• 10 Sirdaryo (Syrdarya)
• 11 Surxondaryo (Surkhandarya)
• 12 Toshkent (Tashkent)
• 13 Xorazm (Khorezm)
• 14 Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi (Karakalpakstan)
• 01 Tashkent (city)

Districts of Uzbekistan

Demography of Uzbekistan

Government and politics of Uzbekistan

Politics of Uzbekistan

• Form of government: Presidential republic
• Capital of Uzbekistan: Tashkent
• Elections in Uzbekistan
• Political parties in Uzbekistan

Branches of the government of Uzbekistan

Executive branch of the government of Uzbekistan

• Head of state: President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov (in office since January 1992)
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (appointed December 2003)
• Cabinet of Uzbekistan

Legislative branch of the government of Uzbekistan

• Parliament of Uzbekistan (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Uzbekistan
  • Lower house: House of Commons of Uzbekistan

Judicial branch of the government of Uzbekistan

• Supreme Court of Uzbekistan

Foreign relations of Uzbekistan

• Diplomatic missions in Uzbekistan
• Diplomatic missions of Uzbekistan

International organization membership

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a member of:^[2]

Law and order in Uzbekistan

• Constitution of Uzbekistan
• Crime in Uzbekistan
• Human rights in Uzbekistan
  • LGBT rights in Uzbekistan
  • Freedom of religion in Uzbekistan
• Law enforcement in Uzbekistan

Military of Uzbekistan

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Uzbekistan
• Forces
  • Army of Uzbekistan
  • Navy 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 Uzbekistan, Timeline of the history of Uzbekistan, and Current events of Uzbekistan

• Military history of Uzbekistan

Culture of Uzbekistan

• Architecture of Uzbekistan
• Cuisine of Uzbekistan
  • List of Uzbek dishes
• Festivals in Uzbekistan
• Languages of Uzbekistan
• Media in Uzbekistan
• National symbols of Uzbekistan
  • Coat of arms of Uzbekistan
  • Flag of Uzbekistan
  • National anthem of Uzbekistan
• People of Uzbekistan
• Prostitution in Uzbekistan
• Public holidays in Uzbekistan
• Records of Uzbekistan
• Religion in Uzbekistan
  • Buddhism in Uzbekistan
  • Christianity in Uzbekistan
  • Hinduism in Uzbekistan
  • Islam in Uzbekistan
  • Judaism in Uzbekistan
  • Sikhism in Uzbekistan
• List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan

Art in Uzbekistan

• Art in Uzbekistan
• Cinema of Uzbekistan
• Literature of Uzbekistan
• Music of Uzbekistan
• Television in Uzbekistan
• Theatre in Uzbekistan

Sports in Uzbekistan

• Football in Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Uzbekistan

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 87th (eighty-seventh)
• Agriculture in Uzbekistan
• Banking in Uzbekistan
  • National Bank of Uzbekistan
• Communications in Uzbekistan
  • Internet in Uzbekistan
• Companies of Uzbekistan
• Currency of Uzbekistan: Som
  • ISO 4217: UZS
• Energy in Uzbekistan
  • Energy policy of Uzbekistan
  • Oil industry in Uzbekistan
• Health care in Uzbekistan
• Mining in Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Uzbekistan
• Transportation in Uzbekistan
  • Airports in Uzbekistan
  • Rail transport in Uzbekistan
  • Roads in Uzbekistan
• Water supply and sanitation in Uzbekistan

Education in Uzbekistan

Health in Uzbekistan

See also

Uzbek language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Index of Uzbekistan-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Uzbekistan-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Asia
• Outline of geography

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Uzbekistan

• Government of Uzbekistan
• Lower House of Uzbekistan parliament
• Upper House of Uzbekistan parliament
• Outline of Uzbekistan at DMOZ
• Library of Congress - A Country Study: Uzbekistan
• Photos of Uzbekistan