Tajikistan

The Republic of Tajikistan (Тоҷикистон), formerly known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, is a country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Tajikistan means the 'Land of the Tajiks'.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Tajikistan

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Tajikistan is landlocked, and is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area. It is covered by mountains of the Pamir range, and more than fifty percent of the country is 3,000 meters (approx. 10,000 feet) above sea level. The Amu Darya and Pyanj rivers mark the border with Afghanistan.

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Central Asia - Pamir - Sea level - Amu Darya - Pyanj

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About 1% of the country's area is covered by lakes:

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• Kuli Sarez
• Obanbori Norak
• Qarokul
• Shorkul
• Yashilkul
• Zorkul

The northern border is formed by the Trans-Alay Range

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(Lenin Peak 7174 m, Kyzylart Pass 4280 m). The highest peak is

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Lenin Peak - Kyzylart Pass

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Qullai Ismoili Somoni (7495 m), between

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Qullai Revolutsiya (6974 m) to the north, Peak Korzhenievski (7105m) and Qatorkuhi Akademiyai Fanho (6785 m) further south, in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The southern border of the country is formed by the northern most ridges of the Karakoram Range, with Concord Peak (5469 m), Qullai Karl Marks (6726 m) and Qullai Mayakovskiy (6096 m) along the border to Afghanistan.

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Qullai Revolutsiya - Peak Korzhenievski - Qatorkuhi Akademiyai Fanho - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region - Karakoram Range - Concord Peak - Qullai Karl Marks - Qullai Mayakovskiy

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Exclaves

There are three Tajik exclaves http://home.no.net/enklaver/tajikistan.htm, all of them located in the Fergana valley region where Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet. The largest is Vorukh (exclave area between 95 and 130 km², population estimated between 23,000 and 29,000, 95% Tajiks and 5% Kyrgyz, distributed among 17 villages), located 45 km south of Isfara on the right bank of the Karafshin river, in Kyrgyz territory. Another exclave in Kyrgyzstan is a small settlement near the Kyrgyz railway station of Kairagach. The last is the village of Sarvan, which includes a narrow, long strip of land (about 15 km long by 1 km wide) alongside the road from Angren to Kokand; it is surrounded by Uzbek territory.

Related Topics:
Exclave - Fergana - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Vorukh - Isfara - Karafshin - Angren - Kokand

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There are no enclaves within Tajikistan.

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