Uzbeks
Turkic people of Central Asia
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Summary
Uzbeks is an ethnic group[1]. Uzbeks ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,156 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Uzbek[3]
- Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam[4]
- Country: Uzbekistan[5], Afghanistan[6], Tajikistan[7], Kyrgyzstan[8], Kazakhstan[9], Russia[10], Turkmenistan[11], Turkey[12], Pakistan[13], United States[14], Ukraine[15], People's Republic of China[16], Sweden[17], Belarus[18]
- Subclass of: Turkic peoples[19], Central Asian people[20]
- Part of: Turkic peoples[21]
- Commons category: Uzbeks[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Uzbeks[23]
- Population: 30,000,000[24]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[25], Otto's encyclopedia[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[30]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Uzbek[31]
- Different from: Uzbekistanis[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[33], WikiProject Ukraine[34]
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Influence
Things named for Uzbeks include Uzbekistan[35], a sovereign state[36], in Uzbekistan[37], founded in 1991[38].
Why It Matters
Uzbeks has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Uzbeks is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]
Entities named for Uzbeks include Uzbekistan[35], a sovereign state[36], in Uzbekistan[37], founded in 1991[38].