Travelling Club - Tajikistan

Fact Sheet: Tajikistan

• Location: Central Asia, west of China
• Geographic coordinates: 39 00 N, 71 00 E
• Area: total: 143,100 sq km
• 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
• Natural hazards: earthquakes and floods
• Population: 7,320,815 (July 2006 est.)
• Ethnic groups: Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)
• Religions: Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
• Languages: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
• Government type: republic
• Capital: name: Dushanbe
• Currency code: somoni
• Exchange rates: Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004), 3.0614 (2003), 2.7641 (2002), 2.3722 (2001)
• Internet country code: .tj
• Airports: 40 (2006)