Tajikistan

摘要

Area: 143,100 sq.km; 6% arable, 10% permanent crops, 23% woodland and pastures, 71% other. Coastline: none, landlocked. Population: 7,487,489 (July 2010 est.); annual growth rate 1.852% (2009 est.). The population is 62% Tajik, 24% Uzbek, 8% Russian, 2% Tatar, 4% other. Religions: 80% Sunni Muslim, 5% Shi'a Muslim. Language: Tajik (official). Literacy rate: 98%. Long-form or legal name: Republic of Tajikistan (Jumhurii Toijkiston). Type of government: Republic. Administrative divisions: 2 districts (oblasts) and 1 autonomous district. Legal system: based on civil law system; no judiciary review of legislative acts. Branches of government: President elected by popular vote; Prime Minister appointed by the President; Cabinet appointed by the President and approved by the Supreme Assembly; unicameral legislative (181-member Supreme Assembly, Majlisi Oli). Suffrage: Universal over age 18. Member of: UN, OSCE, "Partnership for Peace", Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), CSTO and other. NB: The CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) is a joint platform between Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to fight organised crime, narcotics trafficking and terrorism.