General Country Information
Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Population: 27,865,738 (July 2010 est.)
Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 1.85 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 12.734 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 50,228 (2009)
Internet users: 2.469 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.31
World Rank 2005/2006: 123
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Uzbek Association of the Blind
22, Bobour Street
700100 Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Email: uzbek_ass_blind@yahoo.com
Tel: +998-712-556559
Fax: +998-712-557590
Uzbek Society of the Deaf
Chilanzarskya Str. 15
Tashkent 700115
Uzbekistan
Email: antafan@mail.ru
Tel/Fax: +998-71-367-2713
Center of Spirituality and Enlightenment of Women and Children with Disabilities of Tashkent City
142 B Babaev St
700100 Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Email: Zuhra@freenet.uz
Tel: +998-810-998-711 / +998-810-998-712
KRIDI Club (Club for Integration and Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs)
248 Buyuk Ipak Yuli
700143 Tashkent
Tel: +998-65-72-06 / +998-65-48-30
E-mail: grenada@kridi.freenet.uz