Area 447,400 sq km (172,741 sq mi)
Poplation 25,982,000
Capital city Tashkent (2,143,000)
Government Socialist republic
Ethnic Groups: Uzbek 80%, Russian 5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Tatar 2%, Kara-Kalpak 2%
Language Uzbek (official), Russian
Religions Islam 88%, Eastern Orthodox 9%
Currency Uzbekistani sum = 100 tyiyn

The Republic of Uzbekistan is one of the five republics in Central Asia which were once part of the Soviet Union.

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