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Uzbekistan, [a] officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, [b] is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.It is surrounded by five countries: Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan to the southeast, Afghanistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, making it one of only two doubly landlocked countries on Earth, the other being Liechtenstein.
This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Uzbekistan as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list. As of 2024, seven sites in Uzbekistan are included: five cultural sites and 2 natural sites. [ 3 ]
Rank City Population (2024) Reference Image 1 Tashkent: 3,040,800 [2]2 Namangan: 696,500 [3]3 Samarkand: 595,800 [4]4 Andijan: 481,800 [5]5 Nukus: 341,000 [6]6 Fergana
In 2005 Tashkent House of Photography was included in the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. [ 8 ] In 2009, photographer from Uzbekistan Umida Akhmedova , whose images have been published in the photography sections of the online editions of The New York Times , [ 9 ] Wall Street Journal [ 10 ] and The Globe and Mail , [ 11 ] was officially accused ...
Uzbekistan is the seventh most water stressed country in the world. Despite Uzbekistan's rich and varied natural environment, decades of environmental neglect in the Soviet Union have combined with skewed economic policies in the Soviet south to make Uzbekistan one of the gravest of the CIS's many environmental crises. [ 1 ]
The architecture of Uzbekistan combines ancient traditional design and innovative features adapted to the climate. Centers of Uzbek architecture are Samarkand , Bukhara , Khiva , Shakhrisabz , Termez , and Kokand .
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan – doubly landlocked [ 1 ] sovereign country located in Central Asia . [ 2 ] It borders Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.
Urgench (Uzbek: Urganch/ Урганч / اورگنج, pronounced; Russian: Ургенч, romanized: Urgench; Persian: گرگانج, romanized: Gorgânj) is a district-level city in western Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Xorazm Region. [2] The estimated population of Urgench in 2021 was 145,000, [1] an increase from 139,100 in 1999.