Uzbekistan

Filippo Menga

doi:10.4135/9781483359878.n701

Uzbekistan

Filippo Menga

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Uzbekistan (the Republic of Uzbekistan) is a country in Central Asia. It has a population of 28,929,716 (the largest among the Central Asian countries) and a territory of 447,400 square kilometers and is bordered on the north and on the west by Kazakhstan, on the east by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and on the south by Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan was a Union republic of the Soviet Union until August 1991, when it declared independence. The country has considerable reserves of gas and oil. Its capital is Tashkent. This entry focuses on the history of Uzbekistan, with an emphasis on past and present conflicts as well as political and security concerns.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Pages	1785-1787
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n701
Publication status	Published - Oct 2016

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Uzbekistan
war
Central Asia

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