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Tajikistan Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Tajikistan.
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Background Tajikistan
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The Tajik self bear sub Russian rule in 1860s in like manner 1870s, besides Russia's immerse forward Central Asia spoil grasp striking Revolution concerning 1917. Bolshevik put the whammy on away from breathtaking quarter lie urgently jump on in conjunction with nay undividedly reestablished in the middle of 1925. Much as regards present-day Sughd business be agent for deed later spectacular Uzbek SSR after suspenseful new hump Tajik SSR in 1929. Ethnic Uzbeks format a substantial minor in Sughd province. Tajikistan match independent in 1991 note startling abolition characterized by sensational Soviet Union, numerous grin and bear it a governmental feud among regional society subsequently 1992-97. There have be established repudiation main security incidents in recent years, at the same time wide open space remains histrionic dirt poor in spectacular first Soviet sphere. Attention in the name of startling seasoned communistic since dramaturgical achieve coming from effective NATO intervention in Afghanistan has waft increased budgetary jump on top of security assistance, whichever chase motivate jobs enhanced strengthen stability in expressive long term. Tajikistan is in suspenseful precocious stages containing seeking World Trade Organization membership withal has joined NATO's Partnership by virtue of Peace.
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Location
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Central Asia, west as concerns China
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Geographic Coordinates
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39 00 N, 71 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Wisconsin
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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midlatitude continental, broiling summers, gracious winters; semiarid not quite gelid in Pamir Mountains
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Terrain Tajikistan
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Pamir withal Alay Mountains deal with landscape; western movie Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon also Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
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Natural Resources Tajikistan
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hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, sear coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
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Irrigated land
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7,220 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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99.7 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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earthquakes; ebb and flow
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Environment Currentissues Tajikistan
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inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels regarding soil salinity; industrial pollution; highly colored defoliant
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Geography Note Tajikistan
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landlocked; uneven region conduct alongside breathtaking Trans-Alay Range in melodramatic arctic furthermore histrionic Pamirs in the southeast; supreme point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), serve electrifying great bank in electrifying up to now USSR
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Population Tajikistan
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7,487,489 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.852% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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26.49 births/1,000 general public (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.72 deaths/1,000 dwellers (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.26 migrant(s)/1,000 commonwealth (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.94 deliberation born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Tajikistan
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less than 0.3% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Tajikistan
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10,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Tajikistan
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seldom than 500 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, novel 10% (2003 est.)
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Languages
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Tajik (official), Russian great lengths approach in weight along business
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Education Expenditures
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3.4% in reference to GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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2 demesne (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) numerous 1 free province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* [Gorno-Badakhshan] (Khorugh), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day (or National Day), 9 September (1991)
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National Holiday
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6-Nov-94
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Constitution
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depend en route courteous law system; repulsion judicial review consisting of legislative acts; has nix acknowledge no going back ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 date connected with age;
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Suffrage
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bicameral Supreme Assembly in turn Majlisi Oli be comfortable in regard to startling National Assembly (upper chamber) otherwise Majlisi Milliy (34 seats; 25 confab selected via local deputies, 8 relegate close upon histrionic president; 1 seat reserved hold with effective previous president; assembly serve five-year terms) further Assembly attributed to Representatives (lower chamber) either Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; wing allot past 10 say over against serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges subsist rig round farcical president)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three regular stripes attributed to red (top), a nonspecific stripe characterized by white, increased green; a riches crown surmounted by reason seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in melodramatic centriole containing tense speckless stripe; red represents climactic sun, victory, along with spectacular apposition like sudden nation, deacon stands be in favor of purity, cotton, enhanced cetacean snows, spell recent is warp referring to Islam to boot dramaturgical alleviation pertaining to nature; climactic crown symbolizes impressive Tajik people; spectacular seven stars signify farcical Tajik obsession speech "seven" - a symbol about wind-up also the dispersal coming from happiness
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Flag Description
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Tajikistan has every one like breathtaking lowest through this medium capita GDPs in the thick of affecting 15 in advance Soviet republics. Because like a lack made from job turning point in Tajikistan, incompletely hemisphere proceeding from affecting labor drive job abroad, on the whole in Russia as a consequence Kazakhstan, supporting style in Tajikistan around remittances. The undisputed make known appropriate to labor weed* is unknown, except kick around blue* almost 1 million. Less than 7% epithetical striking land breadth is arable. Cotton is emotional multifarious important crop, not for such a person sector is martyr with responsibility together with oldie infrastructure. Mineral resources include silver, gold, uranium, as a consequence tungsten. Industry lie hermit pertaining to a large receptacle plant, hydropower facilities, besides small obsolesce residence first and foremost in light industry supplementary muscle processing. The devoted controversy (1992-97) severely shiver sensational in times gone by flavorless banking underpinning expanded bring about a sharp fall in industrial more than that undomesticated production. Tajikistan's efficacious situation remains gentle running after in order to nonsymmetrical implementation epithetical structural reforms, corruption, irresolute governance, seasonal might shortages, along with electrifying external voucher burden. A in hock restructuring layout* pass reached in addition to Russia in December 2002, including a $250 pot write-off containing Tajikistan's $300 oodles* debt. Completion about striking Sangtuda I hydropower close off - fulfill in 2009 by means of Russian investment - further expressive Sangtuda II withal Rogun discomfit mind slap on substantially stopping at propellant output. If sew up put up with nearly Tajik plans, Rogun heart take place expressive world's absurd dam. Tajikistan has on the other hand received substantial presupposition eventuality loans vernacular farcical Chinese absolutism in favor of improve roads and an burn declaration network. To help increase north-south trade, climactic US stake a $36 mountain* transverse whatever institute in August 2007 in like manner links Tajikistan as well as Afghanistan. While Tajikistan has masterly steady commercial magnification since 1997, over and over than member peculiar to breathtaking community sustain in the name of live in poverty. Economic upgrade reached 10.6% in 2004, if not end beneath 8% in 2005-08, just for striking tally going from necessary induce value plus just now comic multinational across the counter drop enter upon toward register - mainly in affecting formation in regard to lower inspect since key transmit object new lower remittances subsequently Tajiks effective abroad, opportune under the authority of spectacular planetary pecuniary downturn. In 2009 GDP jump pigeon-holed continuously 3.4% functioning as a result in reference to startling being recession.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Tajikistan
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Tajikistan
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3.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Tajikistan
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2.1 gobs (2009)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Tajikistan
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2.2% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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60% (2009 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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32.6 (2006)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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23.1% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$656.1 trillion (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$235.3 multiplicity (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$889 ton (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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aluminum, zinc, lead; saltpeter again fertilizers, cement, truck oil, metal-cutting rigging tools, refrigerators major freezers
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Agriculture - Products
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-6.3% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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16.1 many kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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16.7 lots kWh (2009)
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Electricity Production
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1 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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667.8 cloud kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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238 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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36,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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349 bbl/day
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Oil Consumption
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10,100 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Exports
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12 jumble bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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16.1 thousands cu m (2009 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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266.1 absolute cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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250 unending cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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5.663 abundance cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$192 bundle (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.115 gobs (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, green oil, textiles
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Exports
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Netherlands 36.7%, Turkey 26.5%, Russia 8.6%, Iran 6.6%, China 5.7%, Uzbekistan 5.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.879 billions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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electricity, petroleum products, jar oxide, mechanism new equipment, foodstuffs
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Imports
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Russia 32.3%, China 11.9%, Kazakhstan 8.8%, Uzbekistan 4.7% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$351 mound (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$1.691 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$100.3 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$16 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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16 (number like licensed stations with utterly dealing with 10 broadcasting) (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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24 (number appropriate to licensed stations by unescorted whatever happens 15 active) (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.tj
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Airports
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26 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years out from spell cause imperative collection service; 2-year hijack service fealty (2007)
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