Uzbekistan: Flag and Facts
Uzbekistan's flag has blue, white and green stripes split by thin red lines, with a white crescent and 12 white stars in the upper left of the blue band.
- Official name
- Republic of Uzbekistan
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Region
- Central Asia
- Population
- 37 million (2025)
- Languages
- Russian, Uzbek
- Currency
- Uzbekistani soʻm
- Area
- 447,400 km² (172,742 sq mi)
- People
- Uzbekistani
- Calling code
- +998
- Highest point
- Xazrat Sulton Tog' 4,643 m
- Independence
- 1 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
- National symbols
- khumo (mythical bird)
- Borders
- Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
About Uzbekistan
Russia conquered and joined together the lands of today's Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Resistance to the Red Army was eventually crushed, and a Soviet republic was set up in 1924. Heavy cotton and grain farming in Soviet times drained water and left the Aral Sea and some rivers half-dry. Independence came on 1 September 1991, and Islom Karimov led the country for 25 years until 2016.
Both by location and by population, Uzbekistan is the center of Central Asia. Much of it is sandy desert, crossed by flat, heavily irrigated river valleys, and the Fergana Valley in the east is surrounded by mountains. Summers are long and hot. About 37 million people live in this landlocked country, and Tashkent, the capital, has around 2.6 million.
Did you know?
- The khumo, a mythical bird, is Uzbekistan's national symbol.
- Cotton was once nicknamed white gold here.
- The highest point, Xazrat Sulton Tog', reaches 4,643 meters.
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Questions about Uzbekistan
What do the 12 stars on Uzbekistan's flag mean?
Each star matches a month, and its constellation, in the Uzbek calendar. The crescent stands for Islam.
What languages are spoken in Uzbekistan?
Uzbek and Russian. The currency is the so'm.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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