Full name: Republic of Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 41 00 N, 64 00 E
Land area: 425,400 sq km, Land borders: 6,221 km
Sea area: 22,000 sq km, Coastline: 0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline
Population: 28,128,600 (July 2011 est.)
Position: Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan
Neighbors: Turkmenistan 1,621 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Afghanistan 137 km
Government: republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Telephones: 16.418 million (2009) mobile, 1.857 million (2009) landline
Phone international country code: 998