Location: Asia
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Tashkent
Main Cities: Samarkand
Population: 22,358,000
Area: 448,000 km2
Currency: 1 som = 100 tiyin
Languages: Uzbek, Russian
Religions: Sunni Muslim
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Uzbekistan: a republic in central Asia: annexed by Russia in the 19th century, it became a separate Soviet Socialist republic in 1924 and gained independence in 1991. Official language: Uzbek. Religion: believers are mainly Muslim. Currency: sum. Capital: Tashkent. Pop.: 26 479 000 (2004 est.). Area: 449 600 sq. km (173 546 sq. miles)