Uzbekistan

About Uzbekistan

At the heart of Central Asia, Uzbekistan holds some of the Silk Road's most storied cities, where turquoise-tiled mosques and madrasas rise above desert oases. Its capital, Tashkent, is the region's largest metropolis, rebuilt in grand style after a 1966 earthquake. From the Kyzylkum Desert to the fertile Fergana Valley, the country has long been a crossroads of caravans and empires.

• ·Uzbekistan is one of only two doubly landlocked countries on Earth — like Liechtenstein, it is surrounded entirely by other landlocked states.
• ·The Aral Sea on Uzbekistan's northwestern edge was once the world's fourth-largest lake before Soviet-era irrigation diverted the rivers that fed it.
• ·Tashkent's metro, Central Asia's first, doubled as a nuclear shelter, and photographing its ornate stations was banned until 2018.

Mastery

1. Capital
2. Flag
3. Shape
4. Drop
5. Borders
6. Population
7. Landmark

Neighbours

• Afghanistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Kazakhstan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan