The Government of Uzbekistan
Overview
- Capital: Tashkent
- Administrative regions: 12 regions (viloyatlar), the Republic of Karakalpakstan, and Tashkent city
- Government & legal system: Presidential republic; civil law system. (government site)
- Head of state / government: Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President (official page)
- Official language(s): Uzbek (state language); Karakalpak is co-official within Karakalpakstan
- National Day: September 1 (Independence Day, 1991)
- Independence: September 1, 1991 (from the USSR)
- Other official holidays: Navruz (Mar 21), Constitution Day (Dec 8)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official site)
- Regional / international memberships: United Nations/ UN, Commonwealth of Independent States/ CIS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization/ SCO; observer status in the Eurasian Economic Union and Organization of Turkic States
- Visa / entry requirements: E-visa system available for most nationalities (domain has shifted between e-visa.gov.uz and e-viza.gov.uz in different periods — verify spelling before applying). (visa info)
- Currency: Uzbekistani soʻm (UZS) — notes depict national monuments such as the Registan in Samarkand and Tashkent’s Independence Monument.
- Flag symbolism: Horizontal blue-white-green bands separated by thin red lines, with a white crescent moon and 12 stars in the upper hoist — blue represents sky and water, white represents peace, green represents nature; the crescent and 12 stars reflect Uzbekistan’s Islamic and cultural heritage.
