Top 10 Amazing Facts About Uzbekistan
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today in this Article I will show you top 10 Amazing facts about Uzbekistan wanna start off with some basics whose back to Stan is officially known as a Republic of Uzbekistan and it's a landlocked country in Central Asia.
1 Uzbekistan it has a total land area of 447 thousand 400 square kilometers Tashkent is its capital city as well as its largest city and when it comes to languages whose Beck and Russian are the official languages up with Pakistan dues Beck some is the country's official currency and the five countries that border is Becca Stan our Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Afghanistan.
2 Turkmenistan yeah a lot of staff and that was like eight facts in one that was like your appetizer right so let's get into the main course coming up now one of the most unique things about this Becca Stan is that it's one of only two countries in the world that are double landlocked countries now I did mention that who's Becca Stan is the Lang Lok country right so a doubly landlocked country is a landlocked country surrounded by other landlocked countries and the only other doubly landlocked country in the world is Liechtenstein.
3 Liechtenstein also none of the rivers in Uzbekistan lead to the sea also some powerful nations once control is Becca Stan so the region that's currently known as Becca Stan was once part of the Persian Empire which was conquered by Alexander the Great around the 4th century BC now the region also was under the rule of the Mongols in the 13th century.
4 When it was under the leadership of Genghis Khan who conquered the region now later in the sixteenth century the region came under Merlin control and that fast-forward to 1925 the region was under the control of the Soviets and at that time the nation was known as was Becca Stan.
5 Soviet Socialist Republic so that's a little bit of a history of was Becca Stan now let's look at the flag when it comes to the national flag that was Becca Stan we see the color blue and that color blue symbolizes a Turkic people and also the sky now the white signifies peace and the striving for purity in thoughts indeed while the green represents nature and also represents Islam the red stripes are the vital force of all living organisms that link good and pure ideas with the eternal sky.
6 The deeds on earth so there's a whole lot of meaning inside of that flag whose back I said is also the home of five different UNESCO World Heritage Sites the Heritage Sites are it's Chen kala which is one of the last resting places of a caravans in the medieval period before crossing the desert to Iran you'll also find more than 250 old houses there then there is bukhara and that's one of the medieval cities in Central Asia located on the famous Silk Road and is believed to be more than 2,000 years old with several monuments.
7 That are still intact to this day other world heritage sites in the country include Samarkand which is a crossroads of culture then there's Western Tian Shan and finally there is a historic center of chakras yet not to be honest guys normally when we think of pyramids literally the only thing that comes to mind is Egypt right but did you know that does Bacchus tan also has pyramids so check this like back in the year 2002.
8 Archaeologists discovered a series of ancient pyramids in a remote part of Uzbekistan now these pyramids are believed to date back 2700 years so that's pretty recent history just goes to show you that even in this modern time there's a lot about who's beckus and that we don't even know and what are archaeologists gonna find in the near future who knows formerly one of the largest lakes in the world with an area of 68,000 square kilometers.
which works out to be twenty six thousand three hundred miles the ROC has been slowly but surely shrinking since the nineteen six now it's so sad seeing this like take a look at these photos those satellite images taken by NASA in August of 2014 show that for the first time in modern history the eastern basin of the ROC had completely dried up and the eastern Basin is now called a rout come desert I honestly looks like one of those celebrity plastic surgery before-and-after photos like just completely different so let's talk about religion real quick so Sunni Islam is a dominant religion in uzbekistan.
9 Uzbekistan and it makes up 93% of the total population of the country except for 1% of the Shia Muslims but they mostly live in the territory of Bukhara and Samarkand there's also Christians and other religions there as well that make up the rest of the percentage very popular across Central Asia we have plob and is nothing less than the national obsession of was Becca Stan so you know we got to talk about food right but there's a world record to go along with this it was back chefs produced a plop dish so big that it entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2017 these bex chefs really outdid themselves on September 8th and that's when the record was set so far exceeding the 4 tons required to beat the official record the team of chefs from across as Pakistan.
10 Pakistan managed to prepare seven thousand three hundred and sixty kilogram of plov at tashkent oz Begum festival with the Guinness Book of World Record judges watching this dish was ultra massive it's a good job chefs in Uzbekistan and finally the last thing on this year is Uzbekistani hosts the world's largest open cast goldmine located in moo room towel the mine produces over two million ounces of gold every single year and the pit covers an area of 2.1 seven miles by 1.5 five miles and a depth of one thousand eight hundred thirty seven feet the gold was first discovered in the region in the year 1958 and initially the region was a source of turquoise from the time of a Silk Road period however it was not until the 1950s that the area was extensively explored and commercial mining began in the year 1967 it has been happening ever since that time so I hope you guys enjoyed watching this brief trip into this very special country of Uzbekistan the country has all sorts of uniqueness.
That you just can't fully cover in just one Article so let me know if you want to see more facts about this I'd also let me know what other countries facts topics that you want to see leave a comment down below and subscribe and ring that bell to join the Countries Facts family and be notified of our daily Article and social media links are also down below so shoot me a message over there and I can't wait to see you guys next time in another Article there's awesome learning with you see you soon Good bye.
1 Uzbekistan it has a total land area of 447 thousand 400 square kilometers Tashkent is its capital city as well as its largest city and when it comes to languages whose Beck and Russian are the official languages up with Pakistan dues Beck some is the country's official currency and the five countries that border is Becca Stan our Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Afghanistan.
2 Turkmenistan yeah a lot of staff and that was like eight facts in one that was like your appetizer right so let's get into the main course coming up now one of the most unique things about this Becca Stan is that it's one of only two countries in the world that are double landlocked countries now I did mention that who's Becca Stan is the Lang Lok country right so a doubly landlocked country is a landlocked country surrounded by other landlocked countries and the only other doubly landlocked country in the world is Liechtenstein.
3 Liechtenstein also none of the rivers in Uzbekistan lead to the sea also some powerful nations once control is Becca Stan so the region that's currently known as Becca Stan was once part of the Persian Empire which was conquered by Alexander the Great around the 4th century BC now the region also was under the rule of the Mongols in the 13th century.
4 When it was under the leadership of Genghis Khan who conquered the region now later in the sixteenth century the region came under Merlin control and that fast-forward to 1925 the region was under the control of the Soviets and at that time the nation was known as was Becca Stan.
5 Soviet Socialist Republic so that's a little bit of a history of was Becca Stan now let's look at the flag when it comes to the national flag that was Becca Stan we see the color blue and that color blue symbolizes a Turkic people and also the sky now the white signifies peace and the striving for purity in thoughts indeed while the green represents nature and also represents Islam the red stripes are the vital force of all living organisms that link good and pure ideas with the eternal sky.
6 The deeds on earth so there's a whole lot of meaning inside of that flag whose back I said is also the home of five different UNESCO World Heritage Sites the Heritage Sites are it's Chen kala which is one of the last resting places of a caravans in the medieval period before crossing the desert to Iran you'll also find more than 250 old houses there then there is bukhara and that's one of the medieval cities in Central Asia located on the famous Silk Road and is believed to be more than 2,000 years old with several monuments.
7 That are still intact to this day other world heritage sites in the country include Samarkand which is a crossroads of culture then there's Western Tian Shan and finally there is a historic center of chakras yet not to be honest guys normally when we think of pyramids literally the only thing that comes to mind is Egypt right but did you know that does Bacchus tan also has pyramids so check this like back in the year 2002.
8 Archaeologists discovered a series of ancient pyramids in a remote part of Uzbekistan now these pyramids are believed to date back 2700 years so that's pretty recent history just goes to show you that even in this modern time there's a lot about who's beckus and that we don't even know and what are archaeologists gonna find in the near future who knows formerly one of the largest lakes in the world with an area of 68,000 square kilometers.
which works out to be twenty six thousand three hundred miles the ROC has been slowly but surely shrinking since the nineteen six now it's so sad seeing this like take a look at these photos those satellite images taken by NASA in August of 2014 show that for the first time in modern history the eastern basin of the ROC had completely dried up and the eastern Basin is now called a rout come desert I honestly looks like one of those celebrity plastic surgery before-and-after photos like just completely different so let's talk about religion real quick so Sunni Islam is a dominant religion in uzbekistan.
9 Uzbekistan and it makes up 93% of the total population of the country except for 1% of the Shia Muslims but they mostly live in the territory of Bukhara and Samarkand there's also Christians and other religions there as well that make up the rest of the percentage very popular across Central Asia we have plob and is nothing less than the national obsession of was Becca Stan so you know we got to talk about food right but there's a world record to go along with this it was back chefs produced a plop dish so big that it entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2017 these bex chefs really outdid themselves on September 8th and that's when the record was set so far exceeding the 4 tons required to beat the official record the team of chefs from across as Pakistan.
10 Pakistan managed to prepare seven thousand three hundred and sixty kilogram of plov at tashkent oz Begum festival with the Guinness Book of World Record judges watching this dish was ultra massive it's a good job chefs in Uzbekistan and finally the last thing on this year is Uzbekistani hosts the world's largest open cast goldmine located in moo room towel the mine produces over two million ounces of gold every single year and the pit covers an area of 2.1 seven miles by 1.5 five miles and a depth of one thousand eight hundred thirty seven feet the gold was first discovered in the region in the year 1958 and initially the region was a source of turquoise from the time of a Silk Road period however it was not until the 1950s that the area was extensively explored and commercial mining began in the year 1967 it has been happening ever since that time so I hope you guys enjoyed watching this brief trip into this very special country of Uzbekistan the country has all sorts of uniqueness.
That you just can't fully cover in just one Article so let me know if you want to see more facts about this I'd also let me know what other countries facts topics that you want to see leave a comment down below and subscribe and ring that bell to join the Countries Facts family and be notified of our daily Article and social media links are also down below so shoot me a message over there and I can't wait to see you guys next time in another Article there's awesome learning with you see you soon Good bye.