Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Uzbekistan
Republic of Uzbekistan Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi (Uzbek) | |
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| Anthem: Oʻzbekiston Respublikasining davlat madhiyasi "Serquyosh hur oʻlkam" (English: State Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan "My sunny free land") | |
 Location of Uzbekistan (green) | |
| Capital and largest city | Tashkent 41°19′N 69°16′E / 41.317°N 69.267°E |
| Official languages | Uzbek[2][3] |
| Recognised regional languages | Karakalpak (Karakalpakstan)[2] |
| Spoken languages | Uzbek • Karakalpak • Tajik • Koryo-mar • Turkmen • Ukrainian • Azerbaijani • Uyghur • Central Asian Arabic • Bukhori and others |
| Ethnic groups (2021[4]) |
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| Religion | |
| Demonym(s) | Uzbekistani[5]
Uzbek |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Shavkat Mirziyoyev | |
| Abdulla Aripov | |
• Chairman of the Senate | Tanzila Narbayeva |
• Chairman of the Legislative Chamber | Nurdinjan Ismailov |
| Legislature | Supreme Assembly |
| Senate | |
| Legislative Chamber | |
| Formation | |
• Khorezm People's Soviet Republic established | 26 April 1920 |
• Uzbek SSR established after national delimitation | 27 October 1924 |
• Declared independence from the Soviet Union | 1 September 1991a |
• Formally recognised | 26 December 1991 |
| 2 March 1992 | |
| 8 December 1992 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 448,978 km2 (173,351 sq mi) (56th) |
• Water (%) | 4.9 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 35,011,180[6] [7] (41st) |
• Density | 74.1/km2 (191.9/sq mi) (132nd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $275.806 billion[8] (55) |
• Per capita | $9,595[8] (113th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $60.490 billion[8] (78th) |
• Per capita | $1,831[8] (144th) |
| Gini (2013) |  36.7[9][10]medium · 88th |
| HDI (2019) |  0.720[11]high · 106th |
| Currency | Uzbek som (UZS) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UZT) |
| Mains electricity | 220 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +998 |
| ISO 3166 code | UZ |
| Internet TLD | .uz |
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![State emblem[1] of Uzbekistan](/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Uzbekistan.svg)
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country 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, Turkmenistan to the south-west. Its capital and largest city is Tashkent. Uzbekistan is part of the Turkic speaking world, as well as a member of the Turkic Council. Uzbek, a Turkic language written in a modified Latin alphabet is spoken natively by approximately 85% of the population. Russian has widespread use as an inter-ethnic tongue and in governance. Islam is the majority religion in Uzbekistan, with the majority of Uzbeks being non-denominational Muslims.