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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
36 024 947 (2023 estimate) [1]
1 234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)
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
\A((100)[0-2]\d{2,2}|(11)[0-2][0-1]\d{2,2}|(12)[0-1][0-1]\d{2,2}|(13)[0-1][1-3]\d{2,2}|(14)[0-1][1-6]\d{2,2}|(15)[0-1][1-9]\d{2,2}|(16)[0-1][1-2]\d{2,2}|(17)[0-1][1-6]\d{2,2}|(18)[0-1][1-4]\d{2,2}|(19)[0-1][1-5]\d{2,2}|(20)[0-1][1-2]\d{2,2}|(21)[0-1][0-1]\d{2,2}|(22)[0-1][1-2]\d{2,2}|(23)[0-1][1-6]\d{2,2})\Z
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 |
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.
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
All information copyright Graham Rhind 2024. Any information used should be acknowledged and referenced.