General Information
Uzbekistan
Location
Central Asia
Neighbouring countries
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan,
Tajikistan,
Afghanistan,Turkmenistan
Capital
Tashkent
Official language
Uzbek
Total population (million people)
29,9
from
Men (
%
)
50,2
Women (
%
)
49,8
Urban (
%
)
51,1
Rural (
%
)
48,9
Population density (Inhab./km
2
)
67
Currency
Sum
Administrative territorial
devision
Total territory (km
2
)
448970
number of:
regions
12 + Karakalpakstan
districts
168
towns
119
rural settlements Uzb/
municipalities SK
11017
Source: Almanac “Uzbekistan 2013”; Statistical Yearbook of SR, 2013; own processing
Land use
The Land Fund in Uzbekistan, the major categories of land represent the agricultural lands
(46%); forest lands (22%), as well as reserve lands (27%). These three categories cover more than
42 million hectares (95% of the country). Moreover, the majority of the territory of Uzbekistan
covers the arid and semi-arid areas (70%), mountains (20%) and the remaining part of the country
is heavily irrigated valleys along the two main rivers of the country (Syr Darya and Amu Darya).
The largest desert of Central Asia, the Kyzyl Kum, covers most of the lowlands and plains in the
west and south (UNDP, Uzbekistan, 2012).
The biggest share of the total land in Uzbekistan represents agricultural lands at the rate of
46%, respectively.
Less than half as much, namely 22% accounts for the forest lands in Uzbekistan. The
second place according to the size of the lands takes forest lands in Slovakia recording 41% from
the total area and in Uzbekistan stands at reserve lands. A marginally smaller percentage of area,
at 3% represents other lands in both countries (Figure 1).
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Fig. 1
[Distribution of land use for 2012 in Uzbekistan]
Source: Yearbook, 2013; UNDP, Uzbekistan project document, 2012
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