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| Location | Central Asia, west of China |
| Geographic coordinates | 39 00 N, 71 00 E |
| Map references | asia |
| Area |
total: 143,100 sq km water: 400 sq km land: 142,700 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Wisconsin |
| 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) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains |
| Terrain | Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: syr darya (sirdaryo) 300 m highest point: qullai ismoili somoni 7,495 m |
| Natural resources | hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold |
| Land use |
arable land: 6.61% permanent crops: 0.92% other: 92.47% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 7,200 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | earthquakes and floods |
| Environment - current issues | inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, environmental modification, ozone layer protection, wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| 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 |
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