Uzbekistan stretches 1,425 kilometers from west to east and 930 kilometers from north to south, bordering Turkmenistan to the southwest, Kazakhstan and the Aral Sea to the north, and Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to the south and east. It also shares a short border with Afghanistan in the south. Uzbekistan is a dry, double-landlocked country with intensely cultivated and irrigated river valleys.

Uzbekistan is divided into 12 regions and the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan. According to the State Statistics Committee, the total population as of June 1, 2022 exceeded 35.2 million people.

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