Uzbekistan
Flag of Uzbekistan


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Flag Description
Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by red fimbriations with a white crescent moon and 12 white stars in the upper hoist-side quadrant.

Currency
Uzbekistani sum.

Astronomy
Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon.

Location
Central asia, north of afghanistan.

Climate
Mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east.

Terrain
Mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of amu darya, syr darya (sirdaryo), and zarafshon; fergana valley in east surrounded by mountainous tajikistan and kyrgyzstan; shrinking aral sea in west.

Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m. The highest point is at Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m.

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Uzbekistan

This is a map of Uzbekistan. The map illustrates the location of Tashkent and its proximity to Nukus, Jizzax, Buxoro, and the Caspian Sea.

Other countries on this map include: Kazakhstan / Turkmenistan / Iran

Uzbekistan News:
Uzbek cotton fields still using child labour
The BBC Uzbek Service's Rustam Qobil discovers that Uzbekistan is using child labour to harvest this year's cotton, despite making promises not to do so.
EU removes Uzbekistan arms block
The EU lifts an arms embargo against Uzbekistan, despite concerns about human rights in the Central Asian nation.

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