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Asia > Uzbekistan > Geography

UZBEKISTANI GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly larger than California
Capital city with population Tashkent - 2,106,000
Forested Land 4.8% [163rd of 193]
Land use > Other 88.73 % [117th of 241]
Land use > Permanent crops 0.76 % [131st of 241]
Largest city Tashkent
Largest city population 2,282,000 [42nd of 174]
Largest city with population Tashkent - 2,106,000
Location
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
Map references
Asia
Maritime claims none (doubly landlocked)
Natural resources
natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum
northernmost point > Latitude 45°36'N
Population density 56.66 people per sqkm [133rd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 61.51 people/m² ... [120th of 204]
Precipitation 420 mm [77th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 343.04 people/km² of arable lan ... [82nd of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 447,400 km² ... [55th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Adelunga Toghi
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

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, Ozbekiston

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