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Administrative divisions: 2 provinces (viloyatho,
singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati
Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa),
Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
Note! The administrative center name follows in parentheses
Population: 6,719,567 July 2002 est.)
Nationality: noun: Tajikistani(s); adjective: Tajikistani
Ethnic groups: Tajik 64.9%; Uzbek 25%; Russian 3.5% (declining because of
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Languages: Tajik (official); Russian widely used in government and
business
Religions: Sunni Muslim 85%; Shi'a Muslim 5%
Labour force: 3.187 million (2000)
By occupation:
agriculture: 67.2%
industry: 7.5%
services: 25.3% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate: 20% (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line: 80% (2001 est.)
Agricultural products: Cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables, cattle, sheep, goats.
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Natural Resources: Hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony,
tungsten, silver, gold
Industries: Aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil,
metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers
GDP: Composition per sector:
agriculture: 19%
industry: 25%
services: 56% (2000)
Environment - current issues: Inadequate
sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial
pollution; excessive pesticides; part of the basin of the shrinking Aral
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Environment international agreements:
Partly to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer
Protection, Wetlands
Signed, but not ratified: None
International
Organization Participation: AsDB,
CCC, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA,
IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IOC, IOM, ITU, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (observer)
Currency: Somoni (SM)
Rate
(per $US): 2.55 (January 2002)
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Time: GMT + 5
Telephony: Country code: 992 (372 for Dushanbe)
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