!!!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