Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia. However, United Nations puts this country in South-central Asia region. Tashkent is the capital city of this country. Population in 2003 was 26,093,000 with population density ie number of inhabitants (per square km) 58. Surface area of the country is 447,400 sq kms and currency is sum. It was a former Soviet Republic that got independence in Dec, 1991. It is bordered by Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.