CERCLE DIPLOMATIQUE - issue 03/2023
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CD is an independent and impartial magazine and is the medium of communication between foreign representatives of international and UN-organisations based in Vienna and the Austrian political classes, business, culture and tourism. CD features up-to-date information about and for the diplomatic corps, international organisations, society, politics, business, tourism, fashion and culture. Furthermore CD introduces the new ambassadors in Austria and informs about designations, awards and top-events. Interviews with leading personalities, country reports from all over the world and the presentation of Austria as a host country complement the wide range oft he magazine.
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LE MONDE UZBEKISTAN<br />
Uzbekistan in numbers<br />
25<br />
The tourism sector already accounts for 25 percent of the<br />
country‘s gross national product.<br />
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With 36 million inhabitants, Uzbekistan is the most populous country in<br />
Central Asia. It is followed by Kazakhstan with 19 million, Tajikistan with 9.7<br />
million, Kyrgyzstan with 6.7 million and Turkmenistan with 6.3 million.<br />
2<br />
into<br />
Only two colours dominate the car market in Uzbekistan:<br />
mainly white because of the heat and, to a lesser extent, black.<br />
And most of the cars are US-branded Chevrolet vehicles, which<br />
are manufactured under license at two factories in the country.<br />
Chinese and European car manufacturers are now also pushing<br />
the country with electric cars.<br />
12<br />
14<br />
Uzbekistan consists of 12 regions, represented by 12 stars on the<br />
national flag. From the northwestern Autonomous Republic of<br />
Karakalpakstan to the fertile Fergana Valley with mountains in the east.<br />
The 34 national parks and protected zones have tripled since 2016 and now<br />
make up 14 percent of the country‘s area.<br />
7<br />
year<br />
Over seven million tourists visited Uzbekistan last year. This<br />
it could be over ten million.<br />
PHOTO: EMBASSY OF UZBEKISTAN/ XAYOT XAMRAEV<br />
68,000<br />
With an area of 68,000 square kilometres, the Aral Sea was the fourth<br />
largest inland lake in the world until the late 1960s.<br />
Aral Sea, once the size of Bavaria, today there are only small remnants<br />
of water in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which together cover almost<br />
8,000 km2. The reason for the drying up was the use of the two supply<br />
inlet rivers for agriculture, especially cotton, in the Soviet Union.<br />
Like a dream out of 1001 nights: Dome<br />
of Bibixonim Mosque in Samarkand<br />
(built from 1399 onwards for the<br />
most-loved wife of ruler Amir Timur).<br />
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Cercle Diplomatique 3/<strong>2023</strong><br />
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