Uzbek children from Persic origin at Samarkand with traditional snacks somsa

The Uzbekistan is the most populous country in Central Asia (around 34 000 000 inhabitants). Ethnic Uzbeks make about 80 % of the population. Russians present 6 % of …

Statue of al-Khwarazmi at Khiva

Muhammad Musa Al-KHWARAZMI
(Al-Khwārizmī) : born around 783, at Khwarezm in Greater Khorasan (modern Xorazm Region, Uzbekistan).

He died around 850 at Bagdad.

He was a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer during …

Sogdiana or former Central Asian countries

Some dates to locate important periods of the region:

8^th c. BC

Foundation of Samarkand

6^th c. BC

Achaemenid EMPIRE – Persian Dynasty founded by :

– Cyrus II the great: …

Uzbekistan is an agro-industrial country. 38% of the workforce is mainly employed in the sphere of irrigated agriculture (crops of cotton, fruits, vegetables, rice, alfalfa, vines or feed grain, sheep and cattle farming and silk production).

The country also has …

Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions (Uzbek: viloyat), city (Shahri) and one autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan (Respublikasi)

Tashkent (Toshkent Shahri)
Andijan (Andijon Viloyati) – Capital: Andijan
Bukhara (Buxoro Viloyati) – Capital: Bukhara
Ferghana (Farg’ona Viloyati) – …

Map of Uzbekistan

With an area of ​​447,000 square kilometers (roughly the size of Spain or California ), shared between the desert plains , basins and oases and dominated to the east by mountains , Uzbekistan stretches 1,425 kilometers from …

The Constitution of 8 December 1992 established a presidential system with a bicameral parliament in the end of 2004 (Oliy Majlis and Senate). The president is elected for seven years by direct universal suffrage. He appoints the government, who should …

Throughout its history, the territory of modern Uzbekistan was mostly dominated by large surrounding empires of the Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Mongols and Russians to become a full-fledged state in 1991.

Early civilizations emerged in Uzbekistan were Sogdiana, Bactria and Khorezm. …