Tajikistan Country Info - Asia

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.

Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia that borders Afghanistan to the south, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and Uzbekistan to the west and northwest. Tajikistan is a stunning place, and there is plenty to do, from the Silk Road mystique of places like Khujand and Istaravshan, to the stunning, untouched mountain scenery of the Pamirs and their accompanying allure of unclimbed peaks and virgin trekking routes.

Pictures from Capital (Dushanbe)

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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 Tajikistan 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 following list are the 5 regions/states in Tajikistan we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Tajikistani population grew at a rate of 1.85% (or by 138,593 citizens). With 50,316 deaths and 198,344 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.98%. -9,434 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of 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.

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.