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Muslims constitute 94% of the population according to a 2013 US State Department release. [54] Approximately 3% of the population are Russian Orthodox Christians. [54] There were 94,900 Jews in Uzbekistan in 1989 [9] (about 0.5% of the population according to the 1989 census), but fewer than 5,000 remained in 2007. [10]
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.
The nations which make up Central Asia are five of the former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which have a total population of about 76 million.
By 1876, Russia had incorporated all three khanates (hence all of present-day Uzbekistan) into its empire, granting the khanates limited autonomy. In the second half of the 19th century, the Russian population of Uzbekistan grew and some industrialization occurred. [88] The Jadidists engaged in educational reform among Muslims of Central Asia.
Most of Uzbekistan’s population today belong to the Uzbek ethnic group and speak the Uzbek language, one of the family of Turkic languages. Uzbekistan was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the 19th century and in 1924 became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic . It has been an ...
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.
Map of Uzbekistan. As of 2021, Uzbekistan has 120 cities ... Population (2024) Reference Image 1 Tashkent: 3,040,800 [2] 2 Namangan: 696,500 [3] 3 Samarkand:
The population in Uzbekistan is largely scattered in rural areas. This population has suffered in recent years from linguistic handicaps, as the Koryo-saram there spoke Russian but not Uzbek . After the independence of Uzbekistan , many lost their jobs due to being unable to speak the national language.