!!!Tajikistan: Geography
||Location|Central Asia, west of China, south of Kyrgyzstan
||Geographic Coordinates|39 00 N, 71 00 E[{GoogleMap location='39.0,71.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''143,100 sq km\\''land: ''141,510 sq km\\''water: ''2,590 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''3,651 km\\''border countries: ''Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m\\''highest point: ''Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]:  Pik Imeni Ismail Samani  7495 m;  Pik Lenin  7134 m;  Peak Korzhenevskaya  7106 m;  Pik Revolution  6940 m;  Pik Marshal Zhukov  6842 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Concord Peak 5469 m; Kuhi Palsaldi 5274 m; Kuhi Glan 5237 m; Kuhi Kutoztushagon 5056 m; Kuhi Bozaygir 4870 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Asia/Tajikistan/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
||Natural Hazards|earthquakes; floods
||Natural Resource|hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
||Land Use|''arable land: ''5.96%\\''permanent crops: ''0.91%\\''other: ''93.13% (2011)
||Climate|midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
||Irrigated Land|7,421 sq km (2009)
||Renewable Water Resources|21.91 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|Dushanbe; Khujand; Kulob; Qurgonteppa; Uroteppa\\Dushanbe; Khujand; Kulob; Qurghonteppa; Istaravshan\\ __[[List Verified]__\\__Explanation:__ The city ranked 5th (Istaravshan) is called (Uroteppa) in Tajik \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Tajikistan/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|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