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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Area > Land	142,700 sq km		[93rd of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	143,100 sq km		[100th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Dushanbe - 524,000
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	2.8%		[176th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	39 00 N, 71 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	6.52%		[139th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Dushanbe
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	664,000		[105th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Dushanbe - 524,000
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Central Asia, west of China
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Asia
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	42.77 people per sqkm		[149th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	46.49 people/m²		[133rd of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	569 mm		[63rd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	142,550 km²		[94th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Qullai Ismoili Somoni
Source: World Development Indicators database

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