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Area > Comparative slightly larger than California
Area > Land	425,400 sq km		[56th of 238]
Area > Total	447,400 sq km		[61st of 250]
Capital city with population	Tashkent - 2,106,000
Climate mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Forested Land	4.8%		[163rd of 193]
Geographic coordinates	41 00 N, 64 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km
Land use > Arable land	10.51%		[108th of 258]
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
Natural resources natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum
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]
Surface area > sq. km	447,400 km²		[55th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Adelunga Toghi

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