 People |
There are estimated around 24,5 million people living in Uzbekistan. Thirty-eight percent of Uzbekistan's people are urban and sixty-two percent are rural; ninety percent are Muslims (most of them being Hanafi Sunni) and eight percent Christians. A third of Uzbekistan's people are living in Ferghana Valley, which represents Central Asia's most densely populated region.
The population growth has fallen since independence, but is still at 2.5% per year. The slower population growth is mostly due to large-scale emigration by ethnic minorities. Between 1990 and 1997 there was net emigration of 731,000 most of whom where Russian-speakers.
| RELIGION, Medressa |
There are 15 religious confessions today in Uzbekistan.
The people of different religions live in peace
and friendship, and contribute their share in the
flourishing of the Republic and preservation of
peace. Traditionally, the leading religious confession
is the Islamic community which has 1700 organisations.
Over 172 religious organisations in the Republic
belong to the non-Muslim confessions. There are
32 Orthodox Christian organisations, 23 organisations
of Evangelical Christian Baptists, 47 organisations
of the Korean Protestant church, 10 of the Seventh
Day Korean Adventists, 8 Jewish religious communities,
4 congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church,
and 3 parishes of the Roman Catholic Church. New
religions penetrate the Republic, such as e.g. Bahaist
and the Krishnaiisu communities. |
Moreover, Uzbekistan is and was famous for its Islamic objects of worship. In Tashkent there are over 20 of them, and the moderate Sunni branch of the Islamic religion dominates the country. Today Islam in Uzbekistan is not just a creed but also a way of life. Islam plays a major role in the spiritual rejuvenation of the Nation as well as in the transmission of civic virtues.
| LANGUAGE |
Uzbek language derives from Turk and the people themselves are the largest ethnic group of Turks outside Turkey.
- How do you do!
| Assalomu alaykum | | - Good morning! | Hayrli tong | | - Good afternoon! | Hayrli Kun | | - Good evening! | Hayrli Kech! | | - Good night! | Hayrli Tun | | - Good-bye | Hayir | | - It is alright | Hich narsa kilmaydi; arzimaydi; yahshi | | - I am very glad | Man juda ham hursandman | | - I am very sorry! Excuse me | Kechrasiz meni | | - Please | Marhamat | | - Thank you | Rahmat | | - Yes | Hop | | - No, sir | Yuk, janob | | - You are very welcome | Sizni kutamiz | | - Do you understand | Meni tushunyapsizmi | | - Do you speak English? | Inglizcha gaplashasizimi? | | - What is your name? | Ismingiz. | | - What would you like to drink? | Bir narsa ichmok istaysizmi | | - How old are you? | Necha yoshdasiz | | - I am ready | Men tayorman | | - Wait for me | Meni kutib turing | | - How much is it? | Manu bu kanchadan | | - Do not worry | Havotir bulmang |
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