Uzbekistan Economy

People of Uzbekistan : the people of Uzbekistan belong to diverse ethnic races and categories – remnants of their rich and also chequered history. In totality they are made up of Uzbeks, Russians, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Karakalpaks, Tatars and many others.

Arts, Culture and Music of Uzbekistan : Uzbekistan has an undisputable cultural and traditional heritage stretching across centuries. The remnants are still clearly visible in even in the modern day Uzbekistan. “Shashmaqam” is the traditional music form of Uzbekistan. The Shashmaqam literally translates as ‘six maqams' or six different modes of music brought together in one song. This type of music has similarities with Persian and Sufi music; in fact Sufi poetry is a strong component of the shashmaqam.

Flag of Uzbekistan : the flag of Uzbekistan is simple in design. It is made up of four colors – green, blue, white and red. The flag comprises of three horizontal stripes of the colors blue, white and green (from top to bottom).

Thin red stripes appear on either sides of the white middle stripe. On the top blue portion of the flag, are a white crescent new moon and twelve five-point stars. Each star stands for one month of the year each. The color represents water and sky; white is symbolic of peace; green stands for fertility and red represents the people of the nation.

Economy of Uzbekistan : despite having a fragile economy with limited resources, the factors that boost Uzbekistan's economy are a host of things that can bring in large revenues if organized well. Some of these are natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, chemicals and silk.

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