Uzbekistan
The Republic of Uzbekistan is part of the Turkic World and was once a Silk Road Powerhouse. It is now a patchwork of territorial anomalies due to its long history of various world empires seeking to acquire its rich and diverse natural lands.
The meaning of Uzkebistan translates into “our own master-leader” implying the recent history of independence from the once Soviet Union. Uzbekistan is one of the only double land-locked countries in the world (Leichenstein is the other) as it is surrounded by 5 other Turkic countries. For this reason, water directly from mountain rivers is very important. However, decades of Soviet policies in pursuit of greater cotton production have resulted in a catastrophic scenario with the agricultural industry being the main contributor to the pollution and devastation of both air and water in the country. The capital is Tashkent and is the largest in Central Asia with a population of 3 million. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. Uzbekistan's geography is characterized by a hot and dry. Its geology contributes to high seismic activity. |
As of 2022, Uzbekistan has the largest population out of all the countries in Central Asia. Its 36 million citizens comprise nearly half the region's total population. As of 2019, the estimated number of internet users was more than 22 million or about 52% of the population. Uzbekistan has a high literacy rate, with 99.9% of adults above the age of 15 being able to read and write.
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In the 2018 report, Uzbekistan was one of the 11 worst countries for Political Rights and Civil Liberties. The government of Uzbekistan is accused of unlawful termination of human life and of denying its citizens freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. According to wikipedia, there are an estimated 1.2 million modern slaves in Uzbekistan, most working in the cotton industry. However, in February 2020, the United Nations announced that Uzbekistan had made "major progress" on stamping out forced labour in its cotton harvest as 94% of pickers worked voluntarily.
Numerous oil and gas deposits have been discovered in the south of the country. Uzbekistan mines 80 tons of gold annually, seventh in the world. Uzbekistan's also has large copper deposits uranium deposits. The country receives an ample supply of natural gas from Russia. Electric power generators left from the Soviet Union has contributed to Uzbekistan being the largest electricity producer in Central Asia. Economically, the country has a low public debt with large assets. Their main trading partners are Russia, South Korea, Germany, the United States, Turkey, and Kazakhstan. |
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