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Capital Tajikistan : |
Dushanbe .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Tajikistan :
| Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km .
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| Climate Tajikistan :
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains .
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| Life expectancy Tajikistan :
| 64.47 years .
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| Fertility rate Tajikistan :
| 4.11 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Tajikistan :
| republic .
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| Population Tajikistan :
| 7,011,556 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Tajikistan :
| 143,100 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Tajikistan :
| 242,100 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Tajikistan :
| 47,600 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Tajikistan :
| 992.
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| Sex ratio total Tajikistan :
| 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Tajikistan ratio under 15 :
| 1.02 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Tajikistan ratio 15 64 :
| 0.99 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Tajikistan ratio 65 :
| 0.78 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Tajikistan :
| $-50 million (2003) |
| HIV Tajikistan :
| less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Tajikistan :
| 60% (2003 est.) |
| Literacy Tajikistan :
| 99,40% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Tajikistan :
| 3,20% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Tajikistan :
| 25.2% (1998) |
| Inflation Tajikistan :
| 16.3% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Tajikistan :
| 40% (2002 est.) |
| Internet Users Tajikistan :
| 4,100 (2003) |
| Location Tajikistan :
| Central Asia, west of China |
| Geographic Coordinates Tajikistan :
| 39 00 N, 71 00 E |
| Religion Tajikistan :
| Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.) |
| Administrative region Tajikistan :
| 2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* [Gorno-Badakhshan] (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand) |
| Terrain Tajikistan :
| Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest |
| Elevation extremes lowest Tajikistan :
| Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Tajikistan :
| Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m |
| Natural resources Tajikistan :
| hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold |
| Land use arable land Tajikistan :
| 6,61% |
| Land use permanentcrops Tajikistan :
| 0,92% |
| Irrigated land Tajikistan :
| 7,200 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Tajikistan :
| earthquakes and floods |
| Environment current issues Tajikistan :
| inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides |
| Geography note Tajikistan :
| landlocked; mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast; highest point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR |
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