Introduction

Tajikistan is a land-locked country in South-East Central Asia. It is bordered to the north by Kyrgyzstan (border length 630 km), to the east by China (430 km), to the south by Afghanistan (1,030 km), and to the north and west by Uzbekistan (910 km). With a land area of 143,100 km2, Tajikistan is the smallest of the Central Asian countries. Tajikistan is an extremely mountainous country, and earthquakes are frequent because it is situated on an active seismic belt extending throughout the entire south-eastern section of Central Asia.

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Countries: Tajikistan