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Uzbekistan
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Size: Approximately 447,000 square kilometers.
Topography: About 80 percent flat, desert; mountain
ranges dominate far southeast and far northeast and traverse middle of
eastern provinces, east to west. Fergana Valley in northeast most fertile
region. Few lakes and rivers; shrinking Aral Sea, shared with Kazakstan,
in northwest. Most of country seismically active.
Climate: Continental; hot summers, cool winters.
Annual rainfall very sparse in most regions, irrigation needed for crops.
Data as of March 1996
Formal Name: Republic of Uzbekistan.
Short Form: Uzbekistan.
Term for Citizens: Uzbekistani(s).
Capital: Tashkent.
Date of Independence: August 31, 1991.
Geography
Size: Approximately 447,000 square kilometers.
Topography: About 80 percent flat, desert; mountain
ranges dominate far southeast and far northeast and traverse middle of
eastern provinces, east to west. Fergana Valley in northeast most fertile
region. Few lakes and rivers; shrinking Aral Sea, shared with Kazakstan,
in northwest. Most of country seismically active.
Climate: Continental; hot summers, cool winters.
Annual rainfall very sparse in most regions, irrigation needed for crops.
Data as of March 1996
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