Tajikistan

lowest point:

Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m

highest point:

Qullai Ismoili Somoni (Pik Imeni Ismail Samani) 7,495 m

total:

11.96 cu km/yr (4%/5%/92%)

per capita:

1,837 cu m/yr (2000)

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

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

• 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

noun:

Tajikistani(s)

adjective:

Tajikistani

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:

0.74 male(s)/female

total population:

0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

degree of risk:

high

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne disease:

malaria (2009)

conventional long form:

Republic of Tajikistan

conventional short form:

Tajikistan

local long form:

Jumhurii Tojikiston

local short form:

Tojikiston

former:

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

name:

Dushanbe

geographic coordinates:

38 35 N, 68 48 E

time difference:

UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

• 2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor);
• Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon [Gorno-Badakhshan]* (Khorugh), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand);
• the rest of the country consists of "districts under republican subordination," ruled directly from Dushanbe

note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses

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)

cabinet:

Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Supreme Assembly; (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website)

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term);
• 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%

• 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

chief of mission:

Ambassador Abdujabbor SHIRINOV

chancery:

1005 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

telephone:

[1] (202) 223-6090

FAX:

[1] (202) 223-6091

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

• 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

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

agriculture:

49.8%

industry:

12.8%

services:

37.4% (2009 est.)

lowest 10%:

3.3%

highest 10%:

25.6% (2007 est.)

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)

• state-run television 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 also broadcast (2010)

total:

680 km

country comparison to the world: 103

broad gauge:

680 km 1.520-m gauge (2010)

males age 16-49:

2,012,790

females age 16-49:

2,020,618 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

1,490,267

females age 16-49:

1,675,083 (2010 est.)

male:

76,430

female:

74,038 (2010 est.)

• 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

• 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