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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Tajikistan
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +5
- Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Currency: Tajik Rubl (R)
- Country Dialing Code: 992
Tajikistan
Location
Central Asia, west of China
Capital
Dushanbe
Population
7,163,506 (July 2005 est.)
Regions
2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* [Gorno-Badakhshan] (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses
Climate
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
Ethnic groups
Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
Languages
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Government type
republic
Background
The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan became independent in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union and has now completed its transition from the civil war that plagued the country from 1992 to 1997. There have been no major security incidents in recent years, although the country remains the poorest in the former Soviet sphere. Attention by the international community in the wake of the war in Afghanistan has brought increased economic development assistance, which could create jobs and increase stability in the long term. Tajikistan is in the early stages of seeking World Trade Organization membership and has joined NATO's Partnership for Peace.
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