| Name: | Uzbekistan (Republic of Uzbekistan) |
| Local name (Uzbek): | O'zbekiston (O'zbekiston Respublikasi) |
| Bordering countries: | Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizia, Kazakhstan |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 447.4 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 25 982 ths. |
| Capital: | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
| Official language: | Uzbek |