Country code: UZ
Location: Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
Area: total: 447,400 sq km (water: 22,000 sq km,
land: 425,400 sq km)
Population: 25,981,647 (July 2003 est.)
Capital: Tashkent
Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%,
other 7.1%
Currency: Uzbekistani sum
Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern
Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Industries: textiles, food processing, machine
building, metallurgy, natural gas, chemicals
Agriculture - products: cotton, vegetables, fruits,
grain, livestock
Exports - commodities: cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%,
energy products 9.6%, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles,
food products, automobiles
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment
49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals