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Tadjikistan (TJ) |
| Continent: |
Asia |
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| Surface: |
143.100 km ² |
| Inhabitants: |
7.320.815 |
| Capital: |
Dushanbe |
International banking code (ISO Codes): |
TJ |
| Official language: |
Tajik |
Code: |
+992 |
| Currency: |
Somoni |
Number plate: |
TJ |
| Routes of Tadjikistan: |
154 |
Routes towards Tadjikistan: |
155 |
| Preferred airports: |
Dushanbe (DYU), Khudzhand (LBD) |
| Principal cities: |
Dushanbe, Khudzhand, Kulob, Uroteppa, Konibodom, Kofarnihon, Tursunzoda, Isfara, Panjakent, Hisor, Boshkengash, Dangara, Vose', Farkhor, Chkalovsk |
| Airline company based with Tadjikistan: |
Tajik Air |
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Tourist guide Tadjikistan (Asia) |
Tadjikistan is the smallest country of Central Asia. It has common borders with Afghanistan, China, Kirghizstan and Ouzbékistan. It draws its name from Turkish “tasi” which means “Moslem” although the inhabitants of Tajik are not Turkish people but Persian people.
Geography: more than 93% of the territory inhabitant of Tajik are occupied by mountains including one great part belong to the Pamir mountains, in the east of the country, which counts among highest of the world and of which more half exceed the altitude of 3.000 m above the sea. In the north of the country, the solid mass of Alai is drawn up close to the border with Kirghizstan. All these mountainous solid masses are old several million years and are the result of still active tectonic movements today and which, constantly can cause seisms of a variable amplitude. The area of the valley of Ferghana constitutes the most fertile part of the territory and is largely exploited for agriculture.
Relief and river: the culminating point of Tadjikistan, the Peak Ismail Samani, is drawn up with the high altitude of 7.495 m in the mountains of Pamir. The longest river of the country, Syr Daria takes its source in Kirghizstan in the solid mass of Tian Shan, traverses 2.212 km then is thrown in the Sea of Aral.
Climate and period of voyage advised: it reigns in Tadjikistan an arid climate characterized by very cold winters and very hot summers. In the valley of Ferghana and the other valleys, it reigns a rather subtropical and wet climate. In a general way, country present of wide variations of temperatures according to the differences altitude which can reach during the summer months until 50°C. In the plains, the rains are rather rare what generates an arid landscape of steppe. However, Tadjikistan does not know problems of irrigation thanks to the many glaciers which are there and which supply out of water 60% of the Central Asia. The best period to go to Tadjikistan is thus during the months of transition in autumn and in spring.
Official languages and spoken languages: the official language is the Inhabitant of Tajik, language very close to Persian. Russian is used sometimes as vernacular language between the various ethnos groups. English is included/understood and spoken only by the youngest layers about the population and by the people brought to be in liaison with the tourists.
Health and vaccinations: generally one advises with the travellers to be made vaccinate against hepatitis has, typhus, the polio, the diphteria and tetanus. To prevent the viral diseases transmitted by the insects and the mosquitos, it is in general enough to cover well and apply products anti-insects available on the spot. In Tadjikistan, the risk to contract paludism exists especially close to the border with Afghanistan, along the river Syr Daria between June and October. The health system is in addition satisfactory only in the Douchanbe capital. This is why, it is highly advised to contract an insurance travels including/understanding an insurance repatriation for the most serious cases. For more safety and to avoid risks of infection, it is recommended to consume only bottled water, to peel the fruits well and to make cook vegetables before consuming them. Lastly, think of providing you with a first-aid kit of voyage.
Conditions of entry on the territory: there is to date no representation tadjike in France. The French nationals wishing to go to Tadjikistan are thus invited to request the visa necessary near the embassy of Tadjikistan in Belgium. The visa will be delivered for one 30 days duration. A valid passport is also necessary. The minor travellers must be provided with an individual passport.
For further information concerning vaccinations, the conditions of entry and safety, you can for example consult the site of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Travel and transport: at the present time, only the airline company Turkish Airlines (TK) serves of Paris (ORY) the international airport of Douchanbé (DYU) by flights including/understanding a stopover with Istambul (STI). With regard to the interior flights, the national company Tajikistan Airlines (E3) connects the capital to the town of Khudzhand (LBD). Because of the slack demand, all the other connections were removed.
The capital: Douchanbé, located in the south-west of the country, counts at the present time approximately 650.000 inhabitants. The city represents truly the political and cultural center country. As it shelters all the university structures of the country, one finds there also all the elite intellectual. Among the visits with advising, one can quote the national museum which has many parts of exposure having milked to the last and contemporary history country. One of the more beautiful pieces is the Buddha of Kathlon, discovered in 1966 at the time of excavations in the south of the country, and which, with its 14 m, is largest of all the Central Asia. The city shelters also monument a 30 height m in the honor of Ismail Samani, the founder of the dynasty of Samanides, the mosque of Friday and a synagog in the district of Roudaki.
Tourist sites: until now, Tadjikistan does not constitute a very required tourist destination. However, its majestic mountains offer very good possibilities for the practice of all the sports of mountain. It is not impossible that the country develops soon like an alternative to the trek to Nepal. The area of Pamir shelters also many lakes of which the lake Sarez, which was formed in 1911 following a violent one earthquake and landslide which followed. The lake Karakul, located at an altitude of 3.915 m above the sea does not shelter, because of high-altitude that a very negligible watery fauna, but it is all the same of a great beauty. Local tourist agencies propose to discover it thus that the area starting from helicopters and that can appear a very good option. Not far from the border with Ouzbékistan, the town of Penjikent, sometimes called “Pompei of the Central Asia”, is famous even beyond the borders because of its frescos and the ruins of its old fortress. The seven Lakes Marghuzor envoûtent the visitors by the various colors the blue ones and greens which they cover according to the various moments of the day and the sunning.
Religion: the Moslems sunnites represent with 90% the largest religious majority of Tadjikistan. One also finds there a community relatively important of Christians orthodoxe.
Big cities and possibilities of lodging: Douchanbe, Khujand, Kulob, Qurghonteppa, Istarawschan, Konibodom and Kofarnihon.
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Flights expensive not preferred towards and of Tadjikistan/TJ
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