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Country
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Uzbekistan |
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Leader
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President: Islam Karimov
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Population
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28,661,637
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Life Expectancy
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73.030 years
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Capital City
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Tashkent (Toshkent)
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Largest city
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| Tashkent (population: 1,978,030) | (population: ) |
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Human Development Index
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0.701
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| GDP per capita |
$3,500 US
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Literacy Rate
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99.3%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
4.800%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
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Political System
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republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
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Independence date
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1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
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| Languages |
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
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| Exports |
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
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| External Debt |
$10,460,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 1,317 (2008 est.), 1,263.8 (2007), 1,219.8 (2006), 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
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| Location |
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
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| Area |
447,400 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
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| Climate |
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
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