TAJIKISTAN

General Information Facts & Data

M&M Tajikistan

Location & Population • Republic of Tajikistan is located in

Central Asia

• Border countries: • Afghanistan - 1,206 km, China - 414 km,

• Uzbekistan - 1,161 km, Kyrgyzstan – 870

km

• Territory: 143 100 square km

• Population: 7 380 000 people (Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10%)

Climate: Midaltitude continental, hot summers, mild wintersTerrain: Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; 93 percent of territory is mountainous

Climate & Terrain

Capital city: Dushanbe (about 1,000,000 people)

Other cities: Khujand, Kulyab, Kurgan-Tyube, Khorog

Capital and other cities

Government type: Republic

Independence: 9 September 1991

Executive branch: Chief of state: President Emomali RAHMONOV

Head of government: Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV

Legislative branch: Bicameral Supreme Assembly:

Lower Chamber - Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi

Namoyandagon and Upper Chamber - National Assembly

or Majlisi Milliy

Juridical Branch: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the

President)

Government

Tajikistan

Economy

• Economic summary: GDP (2006 est.): $8.826 billion;

• GDP per capita $1,300 (2006).

• Real growth rate: 7% (2006).

• Inflation rate: 7,5% (2006).

• Unemployment: 12%

• GDP - composition by sector: Agriculture: 22.7%, Industry: 28.5% services: 48.8% (2006 est.)

• Main Agriculture products: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats.

• Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead; chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools etc.

• Natural resources: hydropower, petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold

• Local currency: Tajik Somoni (TJS); Rate: US dollar - 3.3 (2006)

• Exports: $950 million f.o.b. (2005 est.): aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles

• Imports: $1.25 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuff, general consumer’s goods

• External Debt: $829 million (2006 est.)

Economy

• Tajikistan does not have direct access to sea port.

• Shipments are conducted by transit through different countries:

• Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China

• Air transport:

• Airports - with paved runways: 17

• Carriers: Tajik Air, Turkish Airlines, Southern China Airlines, Ariana, S7 Airlines, UTAir, Domodedovo Airlines, Samara Airlines, Vnukovo Airlines, Ural Airlines

• Regular Flights: Munich, Istanbul, Sharjah, Urumqi, Kabul, Tehran, Delhi, Almaty, Bishkek, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen etc.

• Railways:

• Total length of railways – 678 km.

• Railway is the main mean of transport in Tajikistan

• 70% of cargo to/from Tajikistan transported by railway

Transportation

M&M Delegation in TajikistanOfficial name: “M&M Militzer and

Muench International Holding AG

representative office in Tajikistan”

Registered by Ministry of Justice of

Tajikistan in June 2006

Address and contacts:

46-87, Aini street, 734024

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Tel: +992 37 2211618

Fax:+992 99 8800070

E-Mail: mail@mumnet.tj

Office location

Located on Dushanbe airport road

Benefits: Easy access for customers

and visitors, 200 meters away from

Sheraton hotel construction site

Management

• Head of Representative office - Aziz Sharipov

• Education: Tajik State Pedagogical University, Faculty of philology, Foreign Languages Department and Tashkent State University of Economics, Faculty: Methods of Global Market Research & Economics

• Before joining M&M Tajikistan acted as Chief Int’l Affairs Department of Kafolatbank (Tajikistan) since 2000 and before that since 1997 to 2000 worked as Managing Partner of Gulf Freight Link LLC (U.A.E.), since 1994 to 1996 Deputy to The Head of Representative Office “Agind Swissital s.r.l.”, an Italian construction company, in Tajikistan

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