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Bookmark or Share- Uzbekistan | Geography, History, Maps, People, & Tourism | BritannicaBukhara’s high summer heat contrasts with the cooler temperatures in the mountains. In order to accommodate to these patterns, Uzbeks favour houses with windows facing away from the sun but open to porches and tree-filled courtyards shut off from the streets.
- Culture of Uzbekistan - history, people, clothing, traditions, women ...The Uzbeks coalesced by the fourteenth century in southern Siberia, starting as a loose coalition of Turkic-Mongol nomad tribes who converted to Islam. In the first half of the fifteenth century Abu al-Khayr Khan, a descendant of Genghis Khan, led them south, first to the steppe and semidesert north of the Syr-Daria River.
- Uzbekistan - WikipediaAccording to official sources, Uzbeks comprise a majority (84.5%) of the total population. Other ethnic groups include Tajiks 4.8%, Kazakhs 2.4%, Karakalpaks 2.2%, Russians 2.1% and Tatars 0.5% as of 2021.
- Uzbekistan country profile - BBC NewsCapital: Tashkent Area: 448,978 sq km Population: 37.1 million Languages: Uzbek, Karakalpak, plus Russian and others Life expectancy: 69 years (men) 76 years (women)
- Uzbekistan - Ethnic Groups, Diaspora, Language | BritannicaUzbeks make up more than four-fifths of the population, followed by Tajiks, Kazakhs, Tatars, Russians, and Karakalpaks. Uzbeks are the least Russified of the Turkic peoples formerly under Soviet rule, and virtually all of them still claim Uzbek as their primary language.
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