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   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 24th June 2021

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The official language, Northern Uzbek , is spoken by some 71% of the population. There are large numbers of speakers of languages from other parts of the former Soviet Union, particularly Russian (1 661 000 speakers), Tajiki (934 000 speakers), Tatar (468 000 speakers) and Turkmen (228 000 speakers). Also spoken are Uzbeki Spoken Arabic (700 speakers); Bukharic (10 000 speakers); Crimean Turkish (189 000 speakers); Karakalpak and Turkish (197 000 speakers).

Uzbeks may use the Russian patronymic naming system or an Uzbek system using the word ogli (“son of”) or kizi (“daughter of”).

Males who have made the pilgrimage to Mecca add Haja before their names. For women this is Haji.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Uzbekistani company legal forms include:

   MChJ (Mas’uliyati Cheklangan Jamiyat / Масъулияти Чекланган Жамият) -  limited liability company

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Addresses are also found with this format inverted - i.e. with the region on the first line, then the postal code and settlement and so on. Oblast / Wiloyat means region, rayon means district, dom means building and kvartira means apartment.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

   Note: This section last updated 5th August 2015

Postal codes (Pochta Indekslari) consist of a block of 6 digits. Uzbekistan introduced a new code system to replace the one from the former Soviet Union in October 2005. Outside Tashkent the first two digits indicate the regional centre or wiloyat, the third and fourth indicate the regional centre, regional territory or region town and the final two indicate the post office. For Tashkent the first three numbers point to Tashkent city, the final three to the post office.

Postal code currently exist in these ranges: 1000-1002, 1101-1120, 1201-1210, 1301-1313, 1401-1416, 1501-1519, 1601-1612, 1701-1716, 1801-1814, 1901-1915, 2001-2012, 2101-2110, 2201-2212 and 2301-2316.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Uzbekistan - Postal code format graphic

Uzbekistan - Postal code format

Uzbekistan - Postal code specifics

Uzbekistan - Postal code regular expression

Uzbekistan - Postal code level of coverage

Uzbekistan - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 16th September 2017

Uzbekistan Restricts Toponyms For Naming Places, Things

Settlement names may be found differently written due to differing transliterations between Cyrillic and Latin script. Thus Tashkent may be found written as Toshkent, Tachkent and so on.

Refer to Exonyms in Uzbekistan for full lists of place names in Uzbekistan in other languages.

   Note: This section last updated 26th October 2020

Uzbekistan has 12 wiloyatlar (singular - wiloyat), 1 autonomous republic (republikasi, shown in the list below with an asterisk) and 1 city (shahri, shown in the list below with an ‡):

	Postal code range
Andijon Wiloyati	17
Bukhoro Wiloyati	20
Farghona Wiloyati	15
Jizzakh Wiloyati	13
Khorazm Wiloyati	22
Namangan Wiloyati	16
Nawoiy Wiloyati	21
Qashqadaryo Wiloyati	18
Qoraqalpoghiston *	23
Samarqand Wiloyati	14
Sirdaryo Wiloyati	12
Surkhondaryo Wiloyati	19
Toshkent Shahri ‡	10
Toshkent Wiloyati	11

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   Note: This section last updated 30th April 2023

Uzbekistani area codes have 2 digits when dialled from abroad, and subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile number area codes are 33, 50, 55, 77-78, 88, 90-95, 97-99.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm