Uzbek Travel
ECONOMY
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 …
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Subdivisions
Subdivisions of Uzbekistan
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) – …
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GEOGRAPHY
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 …
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POLICY
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 …
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HISTORY
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. …
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