Tajikistan—Economic System
Tajikistan's economy is affected by its topography. It is a mountainous country, situated from 300 to 7,495 meters above sea level. The territory is seismic, but without volcanic phenomena. Its location deep in the heart of Asia, far from any sea, gives it a sharply continental climate. It is dry, with a plenty of solar days (250 per year) and harsh daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations. Nine-tenths of Tajikistan is mountainous, and the mountains have a large effect on the climate, which ranges from subtropical in valleys to arctic in the East Pamirs.
Further Reading
Akhrorova, Alfiya. (1988) Problems of Tajik Energetic Complex Effectiveness. Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Donish.
Komilov, Sirodjiddin, Nuridin Kayumov, and Mirmakhmad Nurmahmadov. (1998) Strategy to Market Economy. Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Tajik Department of International Economic and Social Reforms.
Ministry of Nature Protection. (1996) The State of Environment in 1992–1994: National Report. Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Ministry of Nature Protection.
Rakhimov, Rashid. (1988) Tajikistan in the Common National Economy of the USSR. Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Donish.
Republic of Tajikistan. (1999) Annual Statistics, 1998. Dushanbe, Tajikistan: State Statistical Agency.
Saidmuradov, Khabibullo, and Kirill Stanyukovich, eds. (1982) Tajikistan: Nature and Resources. Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Tajik Academy of Sciences.
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