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TajikistanGeography
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Location: |
Central Asia, west of China | |
Geographic coordinates: |
39 00 N, 71 00 E | |
Map references: |
Asia | |
Area: |
total: 143,100 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km
water: 400 sq km | |
Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Wisconsin | |
Land boundaries: |
total: 3,651 km
border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km | |
Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) | |
Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) | |
Climate: |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains | |
Terrain: |
Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest | |
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m | |
Natural resources: |
hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold | |
Land use: |
arable land: 6.61%
permanent crops: 0.92%
other: 92.47% (2001) | |
Irrigated land: |
7,200 sq km (1998 est.) | |
Natural hazards: |
earthquakes and floods | |
Environment - current issues: |
inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides | |
Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | |
Geography - note: |
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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More about Tajikistan:
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Transportation
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