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== Geography and Climatic Conditions   ==
 
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Mean temperature (°C min/max):&nbsp; 8.3/21.0 <ref>CIA - The World Factbook</ref>  
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Uzbekistan is located in the heart of Central Asia. The physical environment is diverse with with flat desert covering 80% of the country and mountains in the east reaching over 4,500m high. It's climate is mainly continental with the average&nbsp;low temperature in Uzbekistan&nbsp;being &nbsp;8.3°C&nbsp;and the average high temperature&nbsp;being&nbsp;21.0°C <ref>CIA - The World Factbook</ref>  
 
 
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Uzbekistan natural resources include&nbsp;natural gas, petroleum, and coal. Roughly 8.0% of Uzbekistan's land is&nbsp;covered by forest. The annual deforestation rate (betweeb 2005-2010)&nbsp;was&nbsp;0.12% <ref>FAO (2011): The State of the World's Forest</ref><br>
  
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== Socioeconomical Situation  ==
  
Land Area Covered by Forest&nbsp;: 8.0% <br>Forest Annual Rate of Change&nbsp;: -0.12% (2005-2010)<ref>FAO (2011): The State of the World's Forest</ref><br>
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=== Uzbekistan has a population of 28 million inhabitants. 63% of the population lives in rural areas and 37% in cities.  ===
 
 
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Electrification Rate <br>National: 94.4%  
 
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Revision as of 08:47, 15 December 2011

 

Uzbekistan
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Capital

 Tashkent [1]

Official Language(s)

 Uzbek; Karakalpak

Government

 Presidential Republik

President

 Islam Karimov

Prime Minister

 Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Total area in km2

 447,400

Population

 28,128,600 [2]

Rural Population

 17,721,018

Urban Population

 10,407,582

Population Density per km²

  61.4

GDP (nominal)(million $US)

 25712.00

GDP per Capita (US$)

 945.60

GNI per Capita (US$):

 948.30

Currency

 Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi) (UZS)[3]


Time Zone

 UZT (UTC +5)

Calling Code

 +998

Geography and Climatic Conditions 

Uzbekistan is located in the heart of Central Asia. The physical environment is diverse with with flat desert covering 80% of the country and mountains in the east reaching over 4,500m high. It's climate is mainly continental with the average low temperature in Uzbekistan being  8.3°C and the average high temperature being 21.0°C [4]

Uzbekistan natural resources include natural gas, petroleum, and coal. Roughly 8.0% of Uzbekistan's land is covered by forest. The annual deforestation rate (betweeb 2005-2010) was 0.12% [5]

Socioeconomical Situation

Uzbekistan has a population of 28 million inhabitants. 63% of the population lives in rural areas and 37% in cities.

Income Sources

Agriculture: 44%, industry: 20%, services: 36% [6]


Energy Situation

Uzbekistan is the second largest of the Caspian gas producers, after Turkmenistan. Its abundant natural gas resources are used both for domestic consumption and export. [7]

Energy Supply

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Electricity

Electrification Rate
National: 94.4%


Sources

Hydropower: 11.8%; Fossil fuel: 88.2% [8]

Stability

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Energy Consumption

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National Level

Electricity

Household Level

Share of Fuel Types

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Fuel wood in the arid zones of Uzbekistan is often scarce as a result of deforestation and range degradation. Phasing out of energy subsidies has caused that livestock manure is used for heating and cooking, because alternative energy sources are no longer available or affordable. The country has used livestock manure in many traditional practices such as aerobic digestion (composting), anaerobic digestion (biodigesters), and as a direct application as organic fertilizer. [9]

 

Share of Solid Fuels

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Access Rate

Policy framework, laws and regulations

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General Energy policy, Energy strategy

A National EE Strategy has been in place since 2001. Besides international initiatives a campaign has been carried out to install meters for consumers of natural gas and hot water. As a result, energy intensity of GDP decreased by 10%, from 0.96 kgoe/$ in 2000 to 0.86 kgoe/$ in 2004, still considerably high levels. There is also an Energy Efficiency Programme for the period to 2010, targeting 50% energy savings in the household and utility sectors. [10]


Important Laws and regulations

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Specific strategies (Biomass, renewable energies, rural electrification, energy access strategy etc.)

Currently the law “On Renewable Energy Sources” has been drafted. The national strategy on the development of RES is being formulated with the assistance of UNDP. [11]


Relevant institutions and organisations

Existing projects


References

 

  1. www.Wikipedia.org
  2. CIA - The World Factbook
  3. www.Wikipedia.org
  4. CIA - The World Factbook
  5. FAO (2011): The State of the World's Forest
  6. CIA - The World Factbook
  7. IEA (2009): World Energy Outlook.
  8. IEA (2009): World Energy Outlook.
  9. Toerich K., et. al. (2008): Utilization of Agriculture Residues and Livestock wast in Uzbekistan
  10. INOGATE - Energy Portal: http://www.inogate.org/
  11. INOGATE - Energy Portal: http://www.inogate.org/