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- Republic of Uzbekistan

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- Republic of Uzbekistan, country of Central Asia, lined in the North by Kazakhstan, in the East by Kirghizistan, in the southwest by Tadjikistan, in the South by Afghanistan and in the southeast by Turkmanistan. Ancient soviet socialist republic within the framework of the USSR, Uzbekistan is independent since 1991. The country shelters, in the northwest, the autonomous republic of Kara-Kalpakia, which occupies 164 900 km2, is about 37 p. 100 of its territory. The total surface of Uzbekistan is about 447 400 km2. The capital is Tashkent..