Tajikistan Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Dushanbe (See more on ITYPEMBA.COM)
Official language: Tajik
Currency: Somoni
Continent: South Asia
Home of the snow leopard
Tajikistan is an inaccessible mountain region where few tourists visit each year.
Location
According to Countryaah, the mountains of Tajikistan are arguably the beauty of the country. Endless expanses and valleys, passes that lead to China and Afghanistan mark the landscape of this nation. It was once part of the USSR, like its neighboring states Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. But the people in this part of the world do not speak a Turkic language, as one would assume, unlike its neighbors, Tajikistan is an island of an old Persian dialect.
Travel to Tajikistan
In addition to the mountains, the country also has a lot to offer tourists interested in culture. Old ruins attract the few tourists who stay in the country. It is mostly travelers who move along the former Silk Road. For example the citadels of Pendischkent. A liter of petrol costs around 50 euro cents in Tajikistan, so you should rent a car for longer trips because the price of petrol won’t keep you from doing so. Pendishkent, on the border with Uzbekistan, can be reached in two days from the capital Dushanbe. You can then drive further west and thus to Uzbekistan.
Tajikistan Trekking
Mountain enthusiasts, on the other hand, should head east. About 200 kilometers to the east, the Pamir Mountains rise like a steep face. Its highest mountains exceed the 7000 meter mark. The best time to travel to this area is summer between June and September. While the temperatures in the valley climb to over 40 degrees Celsius, it is pleasantly mild in the mountains. Follow the M41 road to the west. Do not drive further along the Afghan border, but turn off before the Khaburabot Pass towards Sangvor. Less than 200 travelers a year venture into this region!
If you want to spend less time then visit the Fan Mountains north of the capital Dushanbe. A beautiful mountain range with bizarre valleys and turquoise blue lakes awaits you. No matter what you do on your trip to Tajikistan, you should definitely have two things with you: good shoes and patience. You need the latter if you want to see the legendary snow leopard.
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
Somoni (100 diram)
ISO 4217 code
TJS / 972
Geography
Continent: Asia
Region: south
Geo coordinates: N 38 ° 51 ‘39.7 “E 71 ° 16’ 33.9”
Highest mountain: Peak Imeni Ismail Samani (7.495 m)
Total area: 143,100 km²
Mainland: 142,700 km²
National border: 3,651 km
Politics
Dependency: Soviet Union until 1991
UN member since: 1992
Other political affiliation: CIS
Economy
Export goods: Light industry, non-ferrous metals
BSP: $ 2,596,000,000
GDP: $ 2,683,000,000
GDP purchasing power parity: $ 10,220,000,000
Economic growth: 7.3%
GDP share of agriculture: 21.3%
GDP share of industry: 30.3%
GDP share of services: 48.4%
Inflation rate: 5.9%
State budget revenue: $ 598,000,000
State budget expenditure: $ 706,000,000
Export: $ 1,070,000,000
Import: $ 1,370,000,000
Gold and currency reserves: $ 204,000,000
Electricity consumption: 17,070 million KWh
Gas consumption: 1,510 million m³
Oil production: 300 million m³
Oil consumption: 32,000 million m³
Cultivation area: 7.38%
Bovine: 1,157,000 pieces
Sheep: 1,400,000 pieces
Demographic data
Residents: 7,320,900
Residents in cities: 1,963,000
Average age: 20 years
0-14 years: 37.9%
15-64 years: 57.4%
> 65 years: 4.7%
Population growth: 2.19%
Birth rate: 32.65 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 8.25 / 1,000 residents
Migration: -2.48 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 0.99
Fertility: 4 children / woman
Infant mortality: 106.49 ‰
Life expectancy men: 62.03 years
Life expectancy women: 68 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: TJ
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: TJK
ISO 3166 numeric: 762
Top Level Domain: tj
IOC country code: TJK
UN / LOCODE: TJ
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Communication
Telephone connections: 282,000
Cell Phones: 122,000
Radios: 960,000
TV: 2,990,000
Computer: 12,000
Internet users: 11,000
Transportation
Railway lines: 482 km
Cars: 850,000
Pipelines: 579
Health
Number of doctors: 14,010
Daily food intake: 1,710 kcal / resident
HIV- infected people: 200
Education
Illiteracy: 1 %
History
Foundation: 1991
Last sovereign since: 1991
Religion
Main religious group: Muslims
Crime
Prison inmates: 11,500
Military
Armed forces (troop strength): 6,000
Main battle tank: 40
Warplanes: 5
Defense Spending: $ 51.6 million
GETTING THERE
Arriving by plane
The national airline is called Tajik Air (7J) (Internet: www.tajikair.tj, only in Tajik). Tajikistan can be reached from Europe via Moscow. From Moscow Tajik Air flight to Dushanbe.
The private Tajik airline Somon Air flies twice a week from Frankfurt to Dushanbe,
Flight times
Moscow – Dushanbe: 4 hours; Karachi – Dushanbe: 2 hours; New Delhi – Dushanbe: 1 hr 30 min.
Departure fee
No.
Arrival by car
Connecting roads to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China. However, sometimes the borders are closed without notice or heavy snowfall makes the roads impassable. Cars with Tajik license plates are not allowed to cross the border into Uzbekistan unless it is a government vehicle. Entry via Kyrgyzstan is not recommended. The border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan is officially closed.
Long-distance bus: Long-distance bus traffic is repeatedly interrupted by border closings and is unreliable. Usually there is a connection from Dushanbe to Tashkent and Samarkand. At higher altitudes, buses only run from May to November.
Arriving by train
Next to airplanes, trains are the most reliable way to get to Dushanbe. A branch line of the Trans-Caspian Railway runs north from the Afghan border in Uzbekistan to Dushanbe. The drive from Tashkent (Uzbekistan) to Dushanbe takes approx. 22 hours, from Moscow you drive approx. 4 days to the Tajik capital. Khujand in the north of the country can be reached directly from Samarkand (Uzbekistan). A connection leads from Dushanbe to Volgograd (Russian Federation). A new route leads to Kyrgyzstan via the Karategin Valley.
