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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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.
Website: Tajikistan Tourism
Phone: +992 234 233
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...
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.
The number of people born in Tajikistan has declined over the last 10 years by 1.4 births per thousand from 27.8 in 2001 to 26.5 in 2010. Currently, 198,344 children are born each year.
The number of people naturally dying in Tajikistan has declined over the last 10 years by 1.7 deaths per thousand from 8.4 in 2001 to 6.7 in 2010. Currently, 50,316 people die each year.
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.
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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.