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
(2007 est.): $11.82 billion; per capita $1,800. Real growth
rate: 7.8%. Inflation: 13.2%. Unemployment: 2.4%
official rate; actual unemployment is higher. Arable land: 7%.
Agriculture: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle,
sheep, goats. Labor force: 2.1 million (2007); 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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