| Geography | Tajikistan |
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Location:
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Central Asia, west of China |
Geographic coordinates:
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39 00 N, 71 00 E |
Map references:
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Asia |
Area:
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total: 143,100 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km
water: 400 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Wisconsin |
Land boundaries:
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total: 3,651 km
border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km |
Coastline:
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0 km (landlocked) |
Maritime claims:
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none (landlocked) |
Climate:
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midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains |
Terrain:
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Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m |
Natural resources:
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hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold |
Land use:
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arable land: 6.52%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.59% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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7,220 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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99.7 cu km (1997) |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 11.96 cu km/yr (4%/5%/92%)
Per capita: 1,837 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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earthquakes and floods |
Environment - current issues:
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inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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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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