Uzbekistan
/ʊzˌbekɪˈstɑːn/- an independent republic in central Asia, lying south and south-east of the Aral Sea; pop. 27,606,000 (est. 2009); official language, Uzbek; capital, Tashkent.乌兹别克斯坦（中亚一独立共和国, 位于咸海以南和东南; 2009年估计人口27,606, 000; 官方语言乌孜别克语; 首都塔什干）。
Uzbekistan was formerly a constituent republic of the USSR (established in 1924). It became independent within the Commonwealth of Independent States on the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991.