NAVIGATION
|
HOME
• FLAG FINDER
• MAP FINDER
• SOURCES
• ADD YOURSELF TO THE ATLAS! COUNTRIES A-D • COUNTRIES E-K • COUNTRIES L-R • COUNTRIES S-Z |
NAVIGATION
Republic of Tajikistan
Jumhurii Tojikiston
former: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
COMMUNICATIONS
|
Telephones - main lines in use:
|
363,000 (1997) |
|
Telephones - mobile cellular:
|
2,500 (1997) |
|
Telephone system:
|
general assessment: poorly developed and not well maintained; many towns are not reached by the national network
domestic: cable and microwave radio relay international: linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by Intelsat to international gateway switch in Ankara (Turkey); satellite earth stations - 1 Orbita and 2 Intelsat |
|
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 country code:
|
.tj |
|
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
|
4 (2002) |
|
Internet users:
|
5,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
|
Railways:
|
total: 482 km
broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2002) |
|
Highways:
|
total: 29,900 km
paved: 21,400 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 8,500 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990) |
|
Waterways:
|
none |
|
Pipelines:
|
natural gas 400 km (1992) |
|
Ports and harbors:
|
none |
|
Airports:
|
66 (2002) |
|
Airports - with paved runways:
|
total: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
|
Airports - with unpaved runways:
|
total: 53
over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 36 (2002) |
MILITARY
|
Military branches:
|
Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force, Presidential National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops) |
|
Military manpower - military age:
|
18 years of age (2003 est.) |
|
Military manpower - availability:
|
males age 15-49: 1,704,457 (2003 est.) |
|
Military manpower - fit for military service:
|
males age 15-49: 1,397,188 (2003 est.) |
|
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
|
males: 82,490 (2003 est.) |
|
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
|
$35.4 million (FY01) |
|
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
|
3.9% (FY01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
|
Disputes - international:
|
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 |
|
Illicit drugs:
|
major transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of opium poppy for domestic consumption; Tajikistan seizes roughly 80 percent of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third world-wide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium) |