Introduction

Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked Central Asian country bordered by Kazakhstan to the west and north (border length: 2,206 km), Kyrgyzstan (1,099 km) and Tajikistan (1,161 km) to the east, and Afghanistan (137 km) and Turkmenistan (1,621 km) to the south and south-west. Uzbekistan has a territory of 447,000 km2, stretching 1,425 km from west to east and 930 km from north to south, of which the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan occupies an area of 160,000 km2. About 22,000 km2 (or 4.9 per cent) of the country is occupied by water.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Climate Action