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Uzbekistan
- Location
Location Description
Central Asia, northeast of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan
- Continent
- Asia
- Bordering Countries
- Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
- Independent
- Yes
- Flag
Flag Description
The flag of this country is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white with red top and bottom edges, and green. On the hoist side of the turquoise band is a fly-side facing white crescent and twelve five-pointed white stars arranged just outside the crescent opening in three rows comprising three, four and five stars.
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Languages
- Russian, Uzbek
- Currency
- (soʻm)
- Size
- 172,742 sq mi (447,400 sq km) — 58th largest
- Total Population
- 37,859,698 people — 38th largest
- Population Density
- 219 people per sq mi (84.6 people per sq km) — 127th largest
- Fun Fact
- Home of gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, who has competed in eight Olympic Games, the most of any gymnast in history