1. TAJIKISTAN
Whenever I say that I am from Tajikistan, people say: “ok… where’s that?”
MA Nazirzoda Rahimjon

2. Central Asia Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan is located in Central Asia (CA).
Kyrgyzstan to the north, Afghanistan borders to the south, China to the east and Uzbekistan to the west.

3. Facts: population: Capital: Area: Major languages: Major religion:
Life expectancy:
Monetary unit:
(2013)
Dushanbe
sq.km, 93% mountains
Tajik/Persian, Russian, Uzbek
Islam
61 years (men), 66 years
(women) (UN)
1 Tajik Somoni (TJS)=100 dirams. 1 Euro = 7.25 TJS

4. Sughd: Khujand, Istaravshan, Isfara and Kayrokkum;
Khatlon: Qurgonteppa, Kulob;
Badakhshoni Kuhi: Khorug;

5. Historical places of Tajikistan
Gumbaz
mosque
Mug castle
Hisor castle
Khujand castle

6. Culture

7. Natural resources
Natural resources: hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
Due to the specific features of the landscape and climate, Tajikistan is a large center of contemporary glaciation in Central Asia. Glaciers and permanent snows of Tajikistan are the main sources of water for the Aral Sea basin.

8. Hydrofacilities of RT:
10 huge and around 230 small hydropower plants (HPP): Nurek, Sangtuda 1 & 2, Kayrakkum and etc.;
500 pump stations;
26.6 km irrigation tunnels;
5455 different hydrofacilities;
5634 km huge irrigation canals;
Source: IFAS

9. Aral Sea Basin Area of glaciers is around 12,000 sq.km;
25000 rivers are in the territory of RT belong to Sir-Darya, Amu-Darya and Zarafshan river basins.
Big transboundary rivers are: Amu-Darya, Sir-Darya and Zarafshan
Source: CAREC

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