Geographic location: Central Asia Longitude: 39 00 N Latitude: 71 00 E Land bordaries: Total: 3,651 km Afghanistan: 1,206 km China: 414 km Kyrgyzstan: 870 km Uzbekistan: 1,161 km

t a j i k i s t a n

Area: Total: 143,100 sq km
water: 400 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km

Land use:
arable land: 5%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 94% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land: 7,200 sq km

Terrain: Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest

Elevation extremes: Highest: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m Lowest Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300m.

Landlocked; mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast; highest point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR.