Capital:Tashkent (Toshkent)
Population:26,851,195
Area:447,400 sq km
Climate:mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Languages:Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Currency:Uzbekistani sum (UZS)
Government:authoritarian presidential rule
Religions:Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
