| Geography | Tajikistan |
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Location:
 | Central Asia, west of China, south of Kyrgyzstan |
Geographic coordinates:
 | 39 00 N, 71 00 E |
Map references:
 | Asia |
Area:
 | total: 143,100 sq km land: 141,510 sq km water: 2,590 sq km |
Area - comparative:
 | slightly smaller than Wisconsin |
Land boundaries:
 | total: 3,651 km border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km |
Coastline:
 | 0 km (landlocked) |
Maritime claims:
 | none (landlocked) |
Climate:
 | midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains |
Terrain:
 | Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest |
Elevation extremes:
 | lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni (Pik Imeni Ismail Samani) 7,495 m |
Natural resources:
 | hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold |
Land use:
 | arable land: 6.52% permanent crops: 0.89% other: 92.59% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
 | 7,220 sq km (2008) |
Total renewable water resources:
 | 99.7 cu km (1997) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
 | 13,072 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
 | total: 11.96 cu km/yr (4%/5%/92%) per capita: 1,837 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
 | earthquakes; floods |
Environment - current issues:
 | inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides |
Environment - international agreements:
 | 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 |
Geography - note:
 | 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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