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Transnational_issues of Tajikistan

Disputes - international:in 2006, China and Tajikistan pledged to commence demarcation of the revised boundary agreed to in the delimitation of 2002; talks continue with Uzbekistan to delimit border and remove minefields; disputes in Isfara Valley delay 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% of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third worldwide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium); significant consumer of opiates

Tajikistan Quickstats

  • Population: 7,076,598 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 143,100 sq km
  • Density: 45 /km² (151st)
  • GDP (total): $8.802 billion (139th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,388 (159th)
  • Literacy: 99.5%

Languages of Tajikistan

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  • Currency: Somoni (TJS)
  • Dial code: +992

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Tajikistan Internet

  • Usage: 5,000
  • Penetration: 0.1 %
  • Top Domain: .ti

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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