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Starting country: Uzbekistan

Orange: seed · blue: neighbors · dots identify small countries

Neighboring countries

  • Afghanistan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan

Three reviewed facts

  1. Uzbekistan is one of only two doubly landlocked countries on Earth, with Liechtenstein

    Source: CIA World Factbook — Uzbekistan (pinned third-party preservation)
  2. Uzbekistan is named for the Uzbek people, with the Persian suffix -stan meaning “country.”

    Source: CIA World Factbook — Uzbekistan (pinned third-party preservation)
  3. The Aral Sea in western Uzbekistan has shrunk as intensive agriculture depleted regional water supplies.

    Source: CIA World Factbook — Uzbekistan (pinned third-party preservation)