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Fun and interesting facts about Uzbekistan:

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   Uzbekistan is _f_ic_ _l_y known as the “Republic of Uzbekistan”.
   
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   The official _a_g_ _g_ of Uzbekistan is Uzbek, while Russian and Tajik are also spoken there.
   
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   Majority of the people in Uzbekistan are _u_l_ _s (mainly Sunni), followed by atheists and Christians.
   
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   The _u_r_ _c_ of Uzbekistan is Uzbekistan Sum.
   
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   The _a_i_ _l of Uzbekistan is Tashkent.
   
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   Uzbekistan gained i_ _e_ _nd_ _c_ from the Soviet Union in 1991.
   
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   Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, was an _a_i_town in the second century.
   
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   Samarkand, the second-_a_ _es_ city in Uzbekistan, is over twenty five hundred years old. It also served as the capital city of Timur.
   
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   Uzbekistan is the fourth largest _r_ _u_ _r of cotton-fiber in the world.
   
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    Uzbekistan boasts of being home to over sixty distinct _u_ _u_ _l and linguistic groups.
    
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    Al-Khwarizmi, who introduced the use of Arabic numbers and founded a_g_ _r_, was born in Uzbekistan.
    
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    _e_ _i_e, food processing, machine building, _ _t_ _l_ _g_ and natural gas are the main industries of Uzbekistan.
    

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