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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world, ringed entirely by other landlocked states. It is Central Asia's most populous country, and its Silk Road cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva are UNESCO World Heritage sites.

The tiled portals and turquoise domes of the three madrasas around the Registan square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

The Registan, Samarkand

Photo: http://veton.picq.fr, CC BY-SA 3.0

Blue stands for sky and water, white for peace, green for nature, and the thin red stripes for life. The crescent marks the newly independent republic; the 12 stars, the months of the year.

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