Uzbekistan Flags

The national flag of Uzbekistan comprises of three horizontal stripes of blue, white, and green with fimbriation of red separating the three colors. At the top of the flag stripe is blue with a crescent and twelve stars on the hoist side. The white stripe is in the middle and the bottom stripe is green. The flag was officially adopted on November 18, 1991. The dimensions of the flag are in the ratio of 1:2. In 2010, the country’s president signed into law an amendment to strengthen the protection of national symbols which include the flag and the emblem.

The crescent of the flag represents the religion (Islam). The twelve stars can be interpreted into two meanings: one is they symbolize the twelve months in a year according to the Uzbek calendar. The other interpretation is the stars represent the twelve viloyatlar (districts) in the country. The blue color stands for the sky and water while red is a symbol of life among the people of Uzbekistan. White is a symbol of purity and peace. The green color stands for nature.

The current flag of Uzbekistan was picked from 200 designers submitted in a contest. The flag was approved from entries submitted, and it has been in use ever since. The winning design had a design similar to the flag adopted in 1952, but the five stripes were unequal. The pattern did not have the crescent and the twelve stars.

The Republic of Uzbekistan has only used two flags: the flag used under the Soviet Union and the current flag which was adopted in 1991. The flag used under the Soviet Union had three stripes of blue, white, and red. On the first band was a yellow hammer and a sickle crossing each other with a star on top. The next band was blue in between two thinner white stripes while the last was red. This particular flag was used from 1952 to 1991 when Uzbekistan was under the Soviet Union.

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Published on 2019-11-06


Capital	Tashkent
Languages	Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Ethnic Groups	Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)
Religion	Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Government	Presidential republic; highly authoritarian
Independance	1 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Area	447,400.00 km²
Water Area	22,000.00 km²
Land Area	425,400.00 km²
Population	29,473,614.00 Most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, while the central and western deserts are sparsely populated
Location	Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan
No. Bordering Countries	5
Bordering Countries	Afghanistan 144 km, Kazakhstan 2,330 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,314 km, Tajikistan 1,312 km, Turkmenistan 1,793 km
GDP(PPP)	$202,000,000,000.00 (USD)
GDP (Per Capita)	$6,500.00 (USD)
Export Partners	Its major export partners are Switzerland, China, and Kazakhstan.
Export Commodities	Its main exports are energy products, cotton, gold, and mineral fertilizers.
Import Partners	Its major import partners are China, Russia, and South Korea.
Import Commodities	Its major imports include machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, and ferrous and nonferrous metals.
Climate	Tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affected by cyclones from December to April
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
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