| Republic of Tajikistan National
name: Jumhurii Tojikiston President: Imomali Rakhmonov (1992) Prime Minister: Akil Akilov
(1999)
Current government officials
Land area: 55,251 sq mi (143,100 sq km);
total area: 55,251 sq mi (143,100 sq km) Population (2007 est.): 7,076,598 (growth
rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 27.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 43.6/1000;
life expectancy: 64.6; density per sq mi: 128
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro. area), 590,300 (city
proper) Other large city:
Khodzhent (Leninabad), 156,500 Monetary
unit: somoni
Languages:
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in
government and business
Ethnicity/race:
Tajik 79%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz
1.1%, other 2.6% (2000)
Religions:
Islam: Sunni 85%, Shiite 5%; other 10% (2003
est.) Literacy rate: 99% (2003
est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP
(2005 est.): $8.826 billion; per capita $1,200. Real growth
rate: 8%. Inflation: 8%. Unemployment: 12% (2004
est.). Arable land: 7%. Agriculture: cotton, grain,
fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats. Labor force:
3.7 million (2003); agriculture 67.2%, industry 7.5%, services 25.3%
(2000 est.). Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead; chemicals and
fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools,
refrigerators and freezers. Natural resources: hydropower, some
petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony,
tungsten, silver, gold. Exports: $950 million f.o.b. (2005
est.): aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles.
Imports: $1.25 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): electricity,
petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment,
foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Netherlands, Turkey,
Uzbekistan, Latvia, Switzerland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, U.S.,
China, Ukraine (2004). Communications:
Telephones: main lines in use: 363,000 (1997); mobile cellular:
2,500 (1997). Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 10, shortwave
2 (2002). Radios: 1.291 million (1991). Television broadcast
stations: 13 (2001). Televisions: 820,000 (1997).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (2002). Internet users:
5,000 (2002). Transportation:
Railways: total: 482 km (2002). Highways: total: 27,767 km
(2000). Ports and harbors: none. Airports: 66
(2002). International disputes:
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.
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