Tajikistan

• inadequate sanitation facilities;
• increasing levels of soil salinity;
• industrial pollution;
• excessive pesticides

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

• 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

0-14 years:

39.8% (male 1,376,244; female 1,353,108)

15-64 years:

55.5% (male 1,896,509; female 1,915,334)

65 years and over:

4.7% (male 140,993; female 181,564) (2003 est.)

at birth:

1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.02 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.78 male(s)/female

total population:

0.99 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

noun:

Tajikistani(s)

adjective:

Tajikistani

conventional long form:

Republic of Tajikistan

conventional short form:

Tajikistan

local short form:

Tojikiston

former:

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

local long form:

Jumhurii Tojikiston

• 2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor);
• Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)

note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses

chief of state:

President Emomali RAHMONOV (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)

cabinet:

Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Supreme Assembly

election results:

Emomali RAHMONOV elected president; percent of vote - Emomali RAHMONOV 97%, Davlat USMON 2%

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term;
• election last held 6 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2006);
• prime minister appointed by the president;
• Tajikistan held a constitutional referendum on 22 June 2003 that, among other things, set a term limit of two seven-year terms for the president

• Democratic Party or DPT [Mahmadruzi ISKANDAROV, chairman];
• Islamic Revival Party [Said Abdullo NURI, chairman];
• People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMONOV];
• Social Democratic Party or SDPT [Rahmatullo ZOIROV];
• Socialist Party or SPT [Sherali KENJAYEV];
• Tajik Communist Party or CPT [Shodi SHABDOLOV]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Khamrokhon ZARIPOV

chancery:

1725 K Sreet NW, Suite 409, Washington, DC 20006

FAX:

[1] (202) 223-6091

telephone:

[1] (202) 223-6090

chief of mission:

Ambassador Richard E. HOAGLAND

embassy:

• 10 Pavlova Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 734003;
• note - the embassy in Dushanbe is not yet fully operational;
• most business is still handled in Almaty at 531 Sayfullin Street, Almaty, Kazakhstan, telephone 7-3272-58-79-61, FAX 7-3272-58-79-68

mailing address:

use embassy street address

telephone:

[992] (372) 21-03-48 (Dushanbe)

FAX:

[992] (372) 21-03-62

• 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

lowest 10%:

3.2%

highest 10%:

25.2% (1998)

general assessment:

poorly developed and not well maintained; many towns are not reached by the national network

domestic:

cable and microwave radio relay

international:

• 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 - 1 Orbita and 2 Intelsat

total:

482 km

broad gauge:

482 km 1.520-m gauge (2002)

total:

27,767 km

paved:

NA

unpaved:

NA (2000)

• prolonged regional drought creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states;
• boundary agreements signed in 2002 cede 1,000 sq km of Pamir Mountain range to China in return for China relinquishing claims to 28,000 sq km of Tajikistani lands;
• negotiations with China resolved the longstanding boundary dispute;
• talks have begun with Uzbekistan to demine and delimit border;
• disputes in Isfara Valley delay completion of delimitation with Kyrgyzstan

• 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 percent of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third world-wide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium)