UZBEKISTAN : FACTBOOK   Country name : Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan   Capital : Tashkent (Toshkent)   Location : Central Asia, north of Afghanistan.   Area : 447,400 sq km. Slightly larger than California.   Climate : mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east.   Terrain : mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west.   Geography : along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world.   Population : 25,981,647 (July 2003 est.).   Ethnic groups : Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)   Languages : Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%   Religions : Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%.   Government type : republic   Administrative divisions : 12 provinces   Currency : Uzbekistani sum (UZS)   GDP : $66.06 billion (2002 est.)   GDP - per capita : $2,600 (2002 est.)   Industries : textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, natural gas, chemicals.   Exports : $2.8 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)   Exports - commodities : cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%, energy products 9.6%, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles (1998 est.)   Exports - partners : Russia 17.7%, Ukraine 11%, Italy 7.6%, Tajikistan 6.8%, Poland 5.1%, South Korea 5%, Kazakhstan 4.5%, US 4.2% (2002)   Imports : $2.5 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)   Imports - commodities : machinery and equipment 49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals (1998 est.)   Imports - partners : Russia 22.6%, Germany 9.8%, South Korea 9.4%, Kazakhstan 8.1%, US 6.9%, Ukraine 6.8%, China 5.2%, Turkey 4.6% (2002)