Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a country in Central Asia. Its capital and largest city is Tashkent. There are about 37,5 million people living in Uzbekistan, in 2023. 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.Embassy of Uzbekistan  - UZBEKISTAN: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE The current president today is Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The situation with the human rights in Uzbekistan is very bad, according to Human Rights Watch.Uzbekistan: Human Rights Watch

Sunni Islam is its largest religion with Hanafi being the main school of law.

Provinces
Uzbekistan is divided into twelve provinces, one autonomous republic, and one independent city. The provinces are divided into districts.

 Division  Capital City Area(km²) Population (2008) Key Buxoro Region Buxoro (Bukhara)  39,400  1,576,800  3 Jizzax Region Jizzax 20,500  1,090,900  5 Navoiy Region Navoiy 110,800  834,100  7 Qashqadaryo Region Qarshi 28,400  2,537,600  8 Samarqand Region Samarkand  16,400　 3,032,000  9 Sirdaryo Region Guliston 5,100  698,100  10 Surxondaryo Region Termiz 20,800  2,012,600  11 Tashkent Region Toshkent (Tashkent) 15,300　 2,537,500  12 Tashkent City Toshkent (Tashkent) ???  2,192,700  1 Fergana Region Fergana　 6,800  2,997,400  4 Andijan Region Andijan4,200  2,477,900  2 Namangan Region Namangan7,900  2,196,200  6 Xorazm Region Urganch 6,300　 1,517,600  13 Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasi Nukus  160,000  1,612,300  14

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 References 

 Further reading 
 Poopak NikTalab. Sarve Samarghand (Cedar of Samarkand), continuous interpretation of Rudaki's poems, Tehran 2020, Faradid Publications {Introduction}


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