Atlas of Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan Contents

Oʻzbekiston - Ўзбекистон Узбекистан O'zbek Oʻzbekiston – Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi (Cyrillic: Ўзбекистон Республикаси) Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Markaziy Osiyoda joylashgan davlat. Oʻzbekistonning poytaxti — Toshkent shahri. Davlat tili — oʻzbek tili. Maydoni — 447,4 ming km2. Aholi soni (2002) - 25,563,441. Pul birligi — soʻm. Oʻzbekiston 12 ta viloyat va Qoraqalpogʻiston Avtonom Jumhuriyatidan iborat. Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий Осиёда жойлашган давлат. Ўзбекистоnннинг пойтахти — Тошкент шаҳри. Давлат тили — ўзбек тили. Майдони — 447,4 минг км2. Аҳоли сони (2002) - 25,563,441. Пул бирлиги — сўм. Ўзбекистон 12 та вилоят ва Қорақалпоғистон Автоном Жумхуриятидан иборат. Русский Узбекистан – Республика Узбекистан Республика Узбекистан, официальное название Респу́блика Узбекиста́н (узбекск. O‘zbekiston Respublikasi) — не имеющее выхода к морю государство в центральной части Средней Азии. Граничит на севере и западе с Казахстаном, на юге с Туркменистаном и Афганистаном, на востоке с Таджикистаном и Киргизией. English Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan The Republic of Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia, formerly of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with ► Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, ► Kyrgyzstan and ► Tajikistan to the east, and ► Afghanistan and ► Turkmenistan to the south. This gives Uzbekistan a status shared only with Europe's Liechtenstein in that it is doubly landlocked, that is, it is surrounded entirely by other landlocked states. Short name  Uzbekistan Official name Republic of Uzbekistan Status Independent country since 1991 Location Central Asia Capital Toshkent (Tashkent) Ташкент Population 26,593,000 inhabitants Area 447,6400 km² Major languages Uzbek (official), Russian, Karakalpak Major religions Islam More information Uzbekistan, Geography of Uzbekistan, History of Uzbekistan and Politics of Uzbekistan More images Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan (Category).

General maps

Map of Uzbekistan

Map of Uzbekistan

Provinces of Uzbekistan

Provinces of Uzbekistan

Districts of Uzbekistan

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Uzbekistan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Uzbekistan.

The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334–323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334–323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:    Kingdom of Ptolemy    Kingdom of Cassander    Kingdom of Lysimachus    Kingdom of Seleucus    Epirus Other states:    Carthage    Rome    Greek colonies

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250–125 BCE)

The Parthian Empire (250 BCE – 226 CE)

Map of Parthia and Scythia 100 BC

Indo-Sassanide Empire

The Persian Sassanian Empire (226–650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control.

Sassanide Empire

Sassanide Empire

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

Map of the Western (purple) and Eastern (blue) Göktürk Khaganates at their height, ca. 600 CE. Lighter areas show direct rule; darker areas show spheres of influence.

The region around 1000

The Seljuq Empire 1037–1194

The Khwarezmid Empire around 1220

Empire of Genghis Khan at his death in 1227

Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)    Mongol Empire By 1294 the empire had split into:    Golden Horde    Chagatai Khanate    Ilkhanate    Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty)

The Timurid Empire 1405

Russian Empire

History of the Russian Empire (in German)

Central Asia in 1900

Russia in 1912

Russia becomes the Soviet Union in 1922. Bukhara, Khiva (or Choresm) and Turkestan became a separate member republic as Uzbekistan

Evolution of the Soviet Union

The republics of the USSR

Uzbekistan in the USSR

Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Satellite map

Notes and references

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