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Central Asia :: Tajikistan
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Introduction ::Tajikistan
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The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Much of present-day Sughd province was transferred from the Uzbek SSR to the newly formed Tajik SSR in 1929. Ethnic Uzbeks form a substantial minority in Tajikistan. Tajikistan became independent in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union, and experienced a civil war between regional factions from 1992-97. Tajikistan experienced several security incidents in 2010, including a mass prison-break from a Dushanbe detention facility, the country's first suicide car bombing in Khujand, and armed conflict between government forces and opposition militants in the Rasht Valley. The country remains the poorest in the former Soviet sphere. Attention by the international community since the beginning of the NATO intervention in Afghanistan has brought increased economic development and security assistance, which could create jobs and strengthen stability in the long term. Tajikistan is seeking WTO membership and joined NATO's Partnership for Peace in 2002.
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Geography ::Tajikistan
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Central Asia, west of China, south of Kyrgyzstan
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39 00 N, 71 00 E
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total: 143,100 sq km
country comparison to the world: 96
land: 141,510 sq km
water: 2,590 sq km
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slightly smaller than Wisconsin
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total: 3,651 km
border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
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0 km (landlocked)
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none (landlocked)
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midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
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lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni (Pik Imeni Ismail Samani) 7,495 m
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hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
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arable land: 6.52%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.59% (2005)
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7,220 sq km (2003)
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99.7 cu km (1997)
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total: 11.96 cu km/yr (4%/5%/92%)
per capita: 1,837 cu m/yr (2000)
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earthquakes; floods
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inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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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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People ::Tajikistan
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noun: Tajikistani(s)
adjective: Tajikistani
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Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)
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Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
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Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
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7,768,385 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
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0-14 years: 33.7% (male 1,332,136/ female 1,285,643)
15-64 years: 63% (male 2,424,903/ female 2,471,409)
65 years and over: 3.3% (male 107,335/ female 146,959) (2012 est.)
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total: 22.9 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 23.4 years (2012 est.)
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1.823% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
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25.93 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
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6.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
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-1.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 155
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urban population: 26% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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DUSHANBE (capital) 704,000 (2009)
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
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65 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 93
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total: 37.33 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 64
male: 41.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 32.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
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total population: 66.38 years
country comparison to the world: 165
male: 63.3 years
female: 69.61 years (2012 est.)
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2.85 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
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5.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 133
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2.013 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
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5.41 beds/1,000 population (2008)
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0.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
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9,100 (2009 est.)
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 97
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2009)
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14.9% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 54
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3.5% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 119
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2010 est.)
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total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 10 years (2008)
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Government ::Tajikistan
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conventional long form: Republic of Tajikistan
conventional short form: Tajikistan
local long form: Jumhurii Tojikiston
local short form: Tojikiston
former: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
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republic
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name: Dushanbe
geographic coordinates: 38 33 N, 68 46 E
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor), 1 capital region** (viloyati poytakht), and 1 area referred to as Districts Under Republic Administration***; Dushanbe**, Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Kuhistoni Badakhshon [Gorno-Badakhshan]* (Khorugh), Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuri***, Sughd (Khujand)
note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses
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9 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
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Independence Day (or National Day), 9 September (1991)
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6 November 1994
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civil law system
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has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
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18 years of age; universal
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chief of state: President Emomali RAHMON (since 6 November 1994; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since 19 November 1992)
head of government: Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV (since 20 January 1999); First Deputy Prime Minister Matlubkhon DAVLATOV (since 5 January 2012)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Supreme Assembly
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elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for multiple terms); election last held on 6 November 2006 (next to be held in November 2013); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Emomali RAHMON reelected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMON 79.3%, Olimjon BOBOEV 6.2%, other 14.5%
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bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of the National Assembly (upper chamber) or Majlisi Milli (34 seats; 25 members selected by local deputies, 8 appointed by the president; 1 seat reserved for the former president; members serve five-year terms) and the Assembly of Representatives (lower chamber) or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: National Assembly - last held on 28 February 2010 (next to be held in February 2015); Assembly of Representatives - last held on 28 February 2010 (next to be held in February 2015)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 71%, Islamic Revival Party 8.2%, CPT 7%, APT 5.1%, PER 5.1%, other 3.6%; seats by party - PDPT 55, Islamic Revival Party 2, CPT 2, APT 2, PER 2
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Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Constitutional Court, Supreme Economic Court
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Agrarian Party of Tajikistan or APT [Amir QARAQULOV]; Democratic Party or DPT [Mahmadruzi ISKANDAROV (imprisoned October 2005); Rahmatullo VALIYEV, deputy]; Islamic Revival Party [Muhiddin KABIRI]; Party of Economic Reform or PER [Olimjon BOBOEV]; People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMON]; Social Democratic Party or SDPT [Rahmatullo ZOYIROV]; Socialist Party or SPT [Mirhuseyn NARZIEV]; Tajik Communist Party or CPT [Shodi SHABDOLOV]
note: for the DPT, the Ministry of Justice named a new chairman, Masud SOBIROV, in 2006; Mr. ISKANDAROV's supporters do not recognize Mr. SOBIROV; for the SPT, the Ministry of Justice named a new chairman, Abduhalim GHAFAROV, in 2004; Mr. NARZIEV's supporters do not recognize Mr. GHAFAROV
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splinter parties recognized by the government but not by the base of the party: Democratic Party or DPT [Masud SOBIROV] (splintered from ISKANDAROV's DPT); Socialist Party or SPT [Abduhalim GHAFFOROV] (splintered from NARZIEV's SPT)
unregistered political parties: Progressive Party [Sulton QUVVATOV]; Unity Party [Hikmatullo SAIDOV]
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ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, G-77, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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chief of mission: Ambassador Nuriddin SHAMSOV
chancery: 1005 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037
telephone: [1] (202) 223-6090
FAX: [1] (202) 223-6091
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chief of mission: Ambassador Kenneth GROSS
embassy: 109-A Ismoili Somoni Avenue, Dushanbe 734019
mailing address: 7090 Dushanbe Place, Dulles, VA 20189
telephone: [992] (37) 229-20-00
FAX: [992] (37) 229-20-50
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three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe; red represents the sun, victory, and the unity of the nation, white stands for purity, cotton, and mountain snows, while green is the color of Islam and the bounty of nature; the crown symbolizes the Tajik people; the seven stars signify the Tajik magic number "seven" - a symbol of perfection and the embodiment of happiness
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crown surmounted by seven, five-pointed stars
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name: "Surudi milli" (National Anthem)
lyrics/music: Gulnazar KELDI/Suleiman YUDAKOV
note: adopted 1991; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan kept the music of the anthem from its time as a Soviet republic but adopted new lyrics
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Economy ::Tajikistan
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Tajikistan has one of the lowest per capita GDPs among the 15 former Soviet republics. Because of a lack of employment opportunities in Tajikistan, as many as a million Tajik citizens work abroad, almost all of them in Russia, supporting families in Tajikistan through remittances. Less than 7% of the land area is arable. Cotton is the most important crop, and its production is closely monitored, and in many cases controlled, by the government. In the wake of the National Bank of Tajikistan's admission in December 2007 that it had improperly lent money to investors in the cotton sector, the IMF canceled its program in Tajikistan. A reform agenda is underway, according to which over half a billion dollars in farmer debt is being forgiven, and IMF assistance has been reinstated. Mineral resources include silver, gold, uranium, and tungsten. Industry consists only of a large aluminum plant, hydropower facilities, and small obsolete factories mostly in light industry and food processing. The civil war (1992-97) severely damaged the already weak economic infrastructure and caused a sharp decline in industrial and agricultural production. Tajikistan's economic situation remains fragile due to uneven implementation of structural reforms, corruption, weak governance, seasonal power shortages, and the external debt burden. Electricity output expanded with the completion of the Sangtuda-1 hydropower dam - finished in 2009 with Russian investment. The smaller Sangtuda-2, built with Iranian investment, began operating in 2011. The government of Tajikistan is pinning major hopes on the massive Roghun dam which, if finished according to Tajik plans, will be the tallest dam in the world and significantly expand electricity output. The World Bank has agreed to fund technical, economic, social, and environmental feasibility studies for the dam, scheduled to be completed in 2012. In January 2010, the government began selling shares in the Roghun enterprise to its population, ultimately raising over $180 million but Tajikistan will still need significant investment to complete the dam. According to numerous reports, many Tajik individuals and businesses were forced to buy shares. The coerced share sales finally ended in mid-2010 under intense criticism from donors, particularly the IMF. Food and fuel prices in 2011 increased to the highest levels seen since 2002 due in part to an increase in rail transport tariffs through Uzbekistan. Tajikistan imports approximately 60% of its food and 90% of that comes by rail.
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$16.43 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
$15.3 billion (2010 est.)
$14.36 billion (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$6.523 billion (2011 est.)
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7.4% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
6.5% (2010 est.)
3.9% (2009 est.)
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$2,100 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 190
$2,000 (2010 est.)
$1,900 (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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agriculture: 21.4%
industry: 21.7%
services: 56.8% (2011 est.)
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2.1 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 120
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agriculture: 49.8%
industry: 12.8%
services: 37.4% (2009 est.)
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2.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
2.3% (2008 est.)
note: official rates; actual unemployment is much higher
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46.7% (2009 est.)
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lowest 10%: 3.5%
highest 10%: 24.3% (2009 est.)
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32.6 (2006)
country comparison to the world: 102
34.7 (1998)
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18.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
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revenues: $1.844 billion
expenditures: $1.8 billion (2011 est.)
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28.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
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0.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
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12.5% (2011 est.)
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6.4% (2010 est.)
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5% (31 December 2010 est.)
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8% (31 December 2009 est.)
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24.84% (31 December 2011 est.)
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21.73% (31 December 2010 est.)
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$1.352 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
$878.5 million (31 December 2010 est.)
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$1.979 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$1.248 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
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$1.513 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 145
$953.9 million (31 December 2010 est.)
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cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
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aluminum, cement, vegetable oil
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7.5% (2010 est.)
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-$136.1 million (2011 est.)
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-$382.8 million (2010 est.)
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$1.241 billion (2011 est.)
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$1.303 billion (2010 est.)
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aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
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Turkey 30.2%, Russia 8.3%, Iran 7%, China 6.7%, South Korea 6.7%, Afghanistan 6%, Italy 5.2% (2011)
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$3.184 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 145
$2.936 billion (2010 est.)
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petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
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China 45.7%, Russia 16.4%, Kazakhstan 6.8%, US 4.1% (2011)
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$815.2 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
$598.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)
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$2.593 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$2.485 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
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$100.3 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
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$93.05 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
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$18.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
$16.3 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
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Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar -
4.6102 (2011 est.)
4.379 (2010 est.)
4.1428 (2009)
3.4563 (2008)
3.4418 (2007)
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Energy ::Tajikistan
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15.95 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
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13.29 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
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4.247 billion kWh (2009 est.)
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338.5 million kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
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4.426 million kW (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
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8.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197
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0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
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91.2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
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0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 190
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215 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
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80 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
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12 million bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
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225 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
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45,810 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
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225 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
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10,770 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
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41 million cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
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226 million cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
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185 million cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
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5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
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6.678 million Mt (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
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Communications ::Tajikistan
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380,000 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 105
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6.324 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 96
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general assessment: foreign investment in the telephone system has resulted in major improvements; conversion of the existing fixed network from analogue to digital more than 90% complete by 2009
domestic: fixed line availability has not changed significantly since 1998 while mobile cellular subscribership, aided by competition among multiple operators, has expanded rapidly; coverage now extends to all major cities and towns
international: country code - 992; linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by Intelsat to international gateway switch in Ankara (Turkey); satellite earth stations - 3 (2 Intelsat and 1 Orbita) (2009)
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state-run TV broadcaster transmits nationally on 4 stations and regionally on 4 stations; 11 independent TV stations broadcast locally and regionally; some households are able to receive Russian and other foreign stations via cable and satellite; state-run radio broadcaster operates Radio Tajikistan, Voice of Dushanbe, and several regional stations; a small number of independent radio stations (2010)
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4,268 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 148
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700,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 110
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Transportation ::Tajikistan
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24 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 131
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total: 17
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
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total: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 5 (2012)
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gas 549 km; oil 38 km (2010)
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total: 680 km
country comparison to the world: 103
broad gauge: 680 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)
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total: 27,767 km (2000)
country comparison to the world: 100
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200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 99
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Military ::Tajikistan
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Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Mobile Forces (2010)
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18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2009)
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males age 16-49: 2,012,790
females age 16-49: 2,020,618 (2010 est.)
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males age 16-49: 1,490,267
females age 16-49: 1,675,083 (2010 est.)
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male: 76,430
female: 74,038 (2010 est.)
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1.5% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 97
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Transnational Issues ::Tajikistan
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in 2006, China and Tajikistan pledged to commence demarcation of the revised boundary agreed to in the delimitation of 2002; talks continue with Uzbekistan to delimit border and remove minefields; disputes in Isfara Valley delay delimitation with Kyrgyzstan
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refugees (country of origin): 4,000 (Afghanistan) (2012)
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major transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of opium poppy for domestic consumption; Tajikistan seizes roughly 80% of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third worldwide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium); significant consumer of opiates
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