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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 has an area of 447,400 square kilometres (172,700 sq mi). [8] It is the 56th largest country in the world by area and the 40th by population. [46] Among the CIS countries, it is the fourth largest by area and the second largest by population. [47] Uzbekistan lies between latitudes 37° and 46° N, and longitudes 56° and 74° E. It ...
However, only a small area in eastern Uzbekistan is classified as Mediterranean and humid continental under the Köppen climate classification. A vast majority of its total area — including all of the sparsely-populated western and central regions — is classified as either cold desert (Köppen BWk) or cold steppe (BSk).
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.
There are four Uzbek exclaves, all of them surrounded by Kyrgyz territory in the Fergana Valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet. Two of them are the towns of Sokh, area of 325 km 2 (125 sq mi) with a population of 42,800 in 1993 (with some estimates as high as 70,000, of which 99% are Tajiks and the remainder Uzbeks [4]) and Shohimardon, area of 90 km 2 (35 sq mi) with ...
Extreme points of Uzbekistan High: Alpomish Peak 4,668 m (15,315 ft) Low: Sariqamish 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 – 39th most populous country
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 Uzbeks (Uzbek: Oʻzbek, Ўзбек, اۉزبېک , plural: Oʻzbeklar, Ўзбеклар, اۉزبېکلر ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, being among the largest Turkic ethnic groups in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak minorities, and also form minority ...