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Tajikistan

Tajikistan. Troy Fisher. Economy. The economy is dependant on agriculture and livestock. Tajikistan’s lowlands specialize in the cultivication of cotton, wheat, barley, fruit, vegetables, dairy, cattle, goat and yaks. Geography.

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Tajikistan

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  1. Tajikistan Troy Fisher

  2. Economy • The economy is dependant on agriculture and livestock. • Tajikistan’s lowlands specialize in the cultivication of cotton, wheat, barley, fruit, vegetables, dairy, cattle, goat and yaks.

  3. Geography • Ninety-three percent of Tajikistan’s territory is mountainous. • Tajikistan is slightly larger than the state of Illinois. • Tajikistan is the smallest country of Central Asia. • The area is 143 thousand sq miles. • The population is 7 million.

  4. Culture • People in Tajikistan dress dress modestly. • You must ask people for permission if you wish to take a picture of them. • The people respect the values of bread.

  5. Government • Tajikistan’s government is a republic. • The president of Tajikistan is Emomalii Rahmon. • Tajikistan is an emerging democracy with a directly elected president and an independent elected parliament.

  6. Ethnic groups • Tajikistan’s main ethnic group are the Tajiks. • The ethnic groups were either nomadic or sedentary. • Historically , Tajikistan was home to the Bukharian Jews.

  7. Education • The education system is national. • In the core years of school children must go through four years of primary school and two years of secondary school. • The official literacy rate is 98 percent.

  8. Language • The language of Tajikistan is Tajik. • The language has diverged from Persians that have spoken in Afghanistan and Iran. • Tajik also retains numerous archaic elements in its vocabulary,

  9. History • Tajikistan was made up from the Samanid Empire. • Tajikistan came into Russian rule in the 1860’s. • Tajikistan gained independence in 1991 and had experienced three changes in government and a civil war.

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