Explore Tajikistan in Asia - Tajikistan Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Tajikistan with its capital Dushanbe is located in Asia (Central Asia, west of China). It covers some 143,101 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Wisconsin) with 7,211,000 citizens. Tajik and Russian are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Tajikistan. China, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are bordering countries.

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About Tajikistan

The terrain offers Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape having western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest. The average density of population is about 50 per km². The climate in can be described as midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters with semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains. Possible natural disasters include earthquakes or floods.

To reach someone in Tajikistan dial +992 prior to a number. There are 290,000 installed telephones. And there are 4,900,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".tj". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 5 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Tajikistan

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Tajikistan Tourism

Phone: +992 234 233

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Proto-urban site of Sarazm

Sarazm, which means “where the land begins”, is an archaeological site bearing testimony to the development of human settlements in Central Asia, from the 4th millennium BCE to the end...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Tajikistan

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Tajikistan is growing at an rate of 1.85% (or by 138,593 citizens). Each year 9,434 people leave this country (or 1.30 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.98%. Or an total increase of 148,028 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.