How is Uzbekistan doubly landlocked?

A double landlocked country on the other hand is a country that is surrounded by landlocked countries. There are only two such countries in the world. read more

Uzbekistan is bordered by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. What is now Uzbekistan was in ancient times part of the Iranian-speaking region of Transoxiana. read more

A double landlocked country on the other hand is a country that is surrounded by landlocked countries. There are only two such countries in the world. Liechtenstein in Europe is surrounded by two landlocked countries; Switzerland and Austria while Uzbekistan in Asia is surrounded by five, all of them are stan countries (ending with “stan”). read more

As a result all these new countries emerged with straight and unnatural borders. Just like all central asian republics, Uzbekistan consists of different ethnic, turkic groups. But the main reason current Uzbekistan is double landlocked is because of USSR’s geopolitics. read more