Tajikistan
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Access To Food Still Difficult For Tajik Families...techniques. Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are all prone to a variety of disasters triggered by natural hazards, according to the ISDR, which maintains an office in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The... In this article: FAO, United Nations, UN World Food Programme, Tajikistan, U.S., Potato, Climate change, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and Geneva |
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Uzbekistan closes border with Kazakhstan
...for comment. Tashkent regularly closes its borders with its other neighbors Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan for security reasons before national holidays such as the Constitution Day, marked on December 8. Parliamentary...
In this article: FLU, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, World Health Organization, Tashkent, and H1N1
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Tajikistan fails to curb abuse of women: Amnesty
"Women in Tajikistan are beaten, abused, and raped in the family but the authorities tend to reflect the societal attitude of blaming the woman for domestic violence," Tajikistan expert Andrea Strasser-Camagni said in a statement. The...
In this article: Amnesty International, Suicide, Almaty, London, and Uzbekistan
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The Australian | November 12, 2009
Emerging From Economic Crisis At UN Forum
...Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) Economic Forum, comprising Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The main challenges faced by the region in the short- and medium-term...
In this article: United Nations, Deforestation, International Federation of Journalists, Central Asia, Samoa, Unicef, Buddhist, and HMAS Tobruk
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Reuters | October 07, 2009
U.S. raising Central Asia supply role in Afghanistan
...Central Asia. Trade ministers from five Central Asia countries -- Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan -- and Afghanistan are in Washington this week for talks on expanding trade and investment. Earlier this year,...
In this article: United States, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, U.S. Department of Defense, Goods and services, Thomson Reuters, Washington, and NATO
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Full print edition | September 24, 2009
Central Asia's five stans: Nations without a cause
...GBP25. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk THE Central Asian "stans", as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are known by the Western diplomats and oilmen who frequent them, conjure images of megalomaniac...
In this article: Central Asia, Amazon.com, Socialism, Capitalism, Genghis Khan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan
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America.gov | October 30, 2009
Clinton's Remarks in Interview with Women Journalists in Pakistan
...does Iran have a role? Does Russia have a role? I know for a fact that al-Qaida recruits that are coming from the Turkmenistan-Tajikistan border who are Arabs and they are being funded by Russia. And there is no diplomatic presence in Russia...
In this article: Pakistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States, Democracy, India, Afghanistan, Al-qaida, and United Nations
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BBC News | October 09, 2009
A refugee's life
Now Tajikis are returning the favour. Tajikistan is one of the poorest states in Central Asia, but unlike its neighbours Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan it is willing to accept Afghan refugees. Sitting on the floor in her one-bedroom flat...
In this article: Afghanistan, Kabul, Taliban, UN, and Islam
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San Diego Union-Tribune | October 21, 2009
UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc
...Central Asia." While Central Asian countries such as Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are the main trafficking route for Afghan heroin into the Russia, they also have growing domestic markets, the report warned. In Iran, about 14...
In this article: Opiate, Opium, Heroin, UN, Afghanistan, Tax, Opium poppy, Central Asia, and Taliban
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Tajikistan (pronounced: /təˈdʒɪkɨstæn/ or IPA: //təˈdʒiːkɨstæn//; Тоҷикистон ), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Most of Tajikistan's population belongs to the Tajik ethnic group, who share culture and history with the Iranian peoples and speak the Persian language (officially referred to as Tajiki in Tajikistan). Once part of the Samanid Empire, Tajikistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR). Mountains cover over 90% of this Central Asian republic.
After independence, Tajikistan suffered from a devastating civil war which lasted from 1992 to 1997. Since the end of the war, newly-established political stability and foreign aid have allowed the country's economy to grow. Trade in commodities such as cotton and aluminium wire has contributed greatly to this steady improvement. In Tajikistan about 20% of the population lives on less than US$1.25 per day.
- Name:
- Tajikistan
- Capital:
- Dushanbe
- Language:
- Russian
- Tajik
- Motto:
- none
- Largest City:
- Dushanbe
- Government type:
- Unitary presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- December 25, 1991
- Formations:
- Establishment of the Samanid Empire
- Area:
- 143,100
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $15.4 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 187
- GDP (nominal):
- $4.788 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $653
- Time Zone:
- TJT
- Currency:
- Somoni
- Demonym:
- Tajikistani
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- TJS
- Country Calling Code:
- 992
- ccTLD:
- .tj
- Anthem:
- Surudi Milli
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