Uzbekistan Geography

Country Name: Republic of Uzbekistan

Capital City: Tashkent (Toshkent)

Population: 27,780,059 (July 2007 est.)

Population Growth: 1.732% (2007 est.)

Currency: Uzbekistani soum (UZS)

Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%

Area:

Inflation Rate: 7.6% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006)

Unemployment Rate: 3% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2006)

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GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF UZBEKISTAN

Location:

Central Asia, north of Afghanistan

Geographic Co-ordinates:

41 00 N, 64 00 E

Area - total:

447,400 sq km

Area - total:

447,400 sq km

Area - land:

425,400 sq km

Area - water:

22,000 sq km

Land Boundaries:

6,221 km

Border Countries:

Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Terrain:

mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west

Elevation - highest point:

Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m

Natural Resources:

natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

Arable Land:

10.51%

Permanent Crops:

0.76%

Other Land Use:

88.73% (2005)

Natural Hazards: