{"id":71343,"date":"2026-06-11T11:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=71343"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:20:30","slug":"key-facts-about-tajikistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-tajikistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tajikistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tajikistan Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and Tajikistan have agreed to deepen their economic partnership during the 12th Session of the India-Tajikistan Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tajikistan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tajikistan is a <\/span><b>landlocked country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>heart of Central Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered with<\/span><b> Kyrgyzstan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North), <\/span><b>Uzbekistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (West), <\/span><b>China <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(East), and <\/span><b>Afghanistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (South).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the members of <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shanghai-co-operation-organisation-sco\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shanghai Cooperation Organisation<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Political Structure:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is governed by the <\/span><b>President, and the legislative function<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is assigned to the bicameral parliament.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dushanbe<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographic Features of Tajikistan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mountainous region dominated by the <\/span><b>Alay Mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of mid-latitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tajikistan\u2019s highest point is <\/span><b>Qullai Ismoili Somoni <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which peaks at 24,589 ft. (7,495 m).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It has a dense river network, including the <\/span><b>Syr Darya and the Amu Darya.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lake Karakul and Iskanderkul\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural resources: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly consists of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petroleum, Uranium, Mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2271366&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tajikistan is a landlocked country in the heart of Central Asia. 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