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Where is Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia.

Uzbekistan in gold; its neighbours are lighter. Drawn from the outlines the game uses.
Type
Country
Continent
Asia
Region
Central Asia
Land borders
5: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Coast
None. Uzbekistan is landlocked.
Area
About 450,000 km² on the game’s map
Hemispheres
Northern; Eastern
Capital city
41.31° N, 69.28° E

About Uzbekistan

Liechtenstein is the other doubly landlocked state. Irrigation for cotton diverted the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and the Aral Sea shrank to a tenth of its 1960 area. Timur, known in the West as Tamerlane, ruled from Samarkand and lies in the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 5 on 6 September 2026 (#5), hardest clue first:

  1. One of only two doubly landlocked countries, whose cities lit the Silk Road with blue-tiled domes.
  2. Its cotton monoculture under Soviet rule drained one of the world's largest lakes.
  3. A conqueror who built a 14th-century empire made Samarkand his capital.
  4. Its cities include Bukhara, Khiva and Samarkand.

Round 5 on 14 September 2026 (#13), hardest clue first:

  1. One of only two doubly landlocked countries, whose cities lit the Silk Road with blue-tiled domes.
  2. Its cotton monoculture under Soviet rule drained one of the world's largest lakes.
  3. A conqueror who built a 14th-century empire made Samarkand his capital.
  4. Its cities include Bukhara, Khiva and Samarkand.

Round 5 on 23 September 2026 (#22), hardest clue first:

  1. One of only two doubly landlocked countries, whose cities lit the Silk Road with blue-tiled domes.
  2. Its cotton monoculture under Soviet rule drained one of the world's largest lakes.
  3. A conqueror who built a 14th-century empire made Samarkand his capital.
  4. Its cities include Bukhara, Khiva and Samarkand.

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Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Uzbekistan. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.