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Travel to Uzbekistan Destination Guide
BACKGROUND INFO
Full Name
Republic of Uzbekistan
Capital City
Tashkent
Area
447,400 sq km
Population
26,850,000
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +5
Weights Measures System
Metric
Languages
• Uzbek (official)
• Russian (other)
• Tajik (other)
Spoken in Samarkand and Bukhara.
Religion
88% Muslim (mostly Sunnis), 9% Eastern Orthodox
Government Type
Republic
Government Leaders
Islam Karimov
President (head of state and government)
Shavkat Mirziyayev
Prime Minister (head of government)
Country Dialing Code
998
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