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The Republic of Uzbekistan is located in the heart of Central Asia between the Amu-Darya (the Oxus) and Syr-Darya (the Jaxartes) rivers which flow into the Aral Sea. It shares its border to the north with Kazakhstan, to the east and south-east with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, to the south with Afghanistan and to the west with Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan is one of the only two double-land-locked states in the world (along with Lichtenstein). It has a land area of 447,000 square kilometers or 172,000 square miles.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 06 June 2008 )
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