Flag of Uzbekistan

What the flag means

• 🔵Blue — sky and water (and the Timurid banner)
• ⚪White — peace
• 🟢Green — nature and fertility
• 🌙Crescent (rebirth) and 12 stars (months/zodiac)

Design set by: ⁨Закон Республики Узбекистан от 18 ноября 1991 года № 407-XII «О Государственном флаге Республики Узбекистан», статья 4⁩ · Adopted 1991

Highlights

• 🕌 Samarkand's blue domes
• 🏛️ Silk Road Bukhara and Khiva
• 📜 Ancient Central Asian culture
• 🧵 Fine suzani embroidery
• 🍚 Fragrant plov rice culture

Quick facts

Region

Asia · Central Asia

Population

37,053,428 people (2025)

Area

447,400 km²

Capital

Tashkent

Languages

Uzbek, Russian

Currency

Uzbekistani soʻm (UZS)

Organizations

United Nations

Neighboring countries

• Afghanistan
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.