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Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia that extends from the foothills of the Tian Shan and Pamir mountains in the east to just west of the Aral Sea. In the north Uzbekistan borders Kazakhstan, in the east and southeast Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, in the west Turkmenistan, and in the south Afghanistan. The country covers 447,400 km2 (172,742 sq miles) and has a population of about 26 million. Uzbekistan is divided into 12 provinces and 1 autonomous republic (Fig. 2.1).
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Belolipov, I.V., Zaurov, D.E., Eisenman, S.W. (2013). The Geography, Climate and Vegetation of Uzbekistan. In: Eisenman, S., Zaurov, D., Struwe, L. (eds) Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3912-7_2
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