Location: | Central Asia, west of China |
| Geographic coordinates: | 39 00 N, 71 00 E |
| Map references: | Asia |
| Area: | total: 143,100 sq km
water: 400 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than Wisconsin |
| Land boundaries: | total: 3,651 km
border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
| Climate: | midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains |
| Terrain: | Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m |
| Natural resources: | hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold |
| Land use: | arable land: 6.61%
permanent crops: 0.92%
other: 92.47% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 7,200 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | earthquakes and floods |
| Environment - current issues: | inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides |
| Environment - international agreements: | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - note: | landlocked; mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast; highest point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR
Source: CIA World Factbook
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