A state located in the central part of Central Asia. Uzbekistan is a neutral state.

The capital is Tashkent.

The official language is Uzbek.

The area of the territory is 448,978 km2.

The largest cities are Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana, Namangan, Andijan, Nukus, and Kokand.

Population: 36,001,262 people (2023).

The Republic of Uzbekistan is located in Central Asia. According to natural and geographical conditions, Uzbekistan is one of the most favorable regions in Central Asia. The territory of Uzbekistan is a peculiar combination of plains and mountain terrain.

Most of the territory of Uzbekistan is occupied by plains (about four-fifths of the region). One of the main ones is the Turanian plain. The east and northeast of the country are situated spurs of the Tien Shan and the Pamir mountains, here is the highest point in the country (4643 m). In the north-central part of the territory of Uzbekistan is one of the largest deserts in the world – the Kyzyl Kum, west – the Karakum.

The mountains and foothills are about 1/5 part of the country. Middle and high landforms dominate the east of the country. within the republic. Within the territory of the country, there are the slopes or the closure of the West Tien Shan (Ugam, Pskem, Chatkalskiy, Kurama) and the Pamir-Alai (Zeravshan, Turkestan, Hissar, KugitangtauBaysuntau). To the south and west, they gradually fall into the plains. In the stretch between mountains, large cavities: Kashkadarya, Surkhandarya, Zarafshan, and Samarkand are located. The most enormous intermountain trough – Ferghana hollow (valley) – length of 370 kilometers and a width of up to 190 kilometers. On three sides of it are surrounded by the mountain ranges and is opened only from the west. On the border with Afghanistan is a vast Amu-Darya basin.