Uzbekistan is located in central Asia, officially called as republic of Uzbekistan. It is a doubly land locked country, it has no coastline. It’s neighboring countries are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. It has a treasure of natural resources like natural gas, petroleum, gold, and uranium. The geographical significance of this country is it is the only doubly land locked country apart from Liechtenstein. Uzbekistan adopted the post-communist symbols and became the first country in Asia to announce its independence from Russia. |