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| ... Tajikistan's mountains provide many opportunities for outdoor sports, such as hill climbing, biking, rock climbing, skiing, hiking, and mountain climbing? |
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| ... the Pamiri people of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in the southeast, bordering Afghanistan and China, though considered part of the Tajik ethnicity, nevertheless are distinct linguistically and culturally from most Tajiks? In contrast to the mostly Sunni Muslim residents of the rest of Tajikistan, the Pamiris overwhelmingly follow the Ismaili sect of Islam, and speak a number of Eastern Iranian languages, including Shughni, Rushani, Khufi and Wakhi. |
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| ... Tajikistan is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area, and is entirely landlocked? It is covered by mountains of the Pamir range, and more than fifty percent of the country is over 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) above sea level. |
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| ... that Tajikistan is a highly agrarian country, with its rural population at more than 70% and agriculture accounting for 60% of employment and around 30% of GDP? |
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| ... historically, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were also home to Bukharan Jews, who trace their ancestry to the Lost Tribes of Israel taken captive by the Babylonians in the 7th century BC, but almost no Bukharian Jews are left in Tajikistan? |
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| ... Tajik cuisine has much in common with Uzbek, Afghan, Russian, and Iranian cuisine, and developed from Persian cuisine? It is known for dishes such as kabuli pulao, qabili palau, and samanu, and the national food and drink are plov and green tea, respectively. |
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| ... there are 24 licensed television broadcasting stations in Tajikistan as of 2009, though only 15 are though to be actively broadcasting? There were an estimated 860,000 televisions in Tajikistan in 1991, approximately 1 for every 5.9 people. |
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... the Usoi Dam in Tajikistan, created by a natural landslide is, at 567 metres (1,860 ft) high, the tallest dam in the world. The tallest man-made dam is the Nurek Dam on the Vakhsh River, also in Tajikistan. As a result of its dams, Tajikistan is the highest hydroelectric power producer per capita in the world. |
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| ... costing $3.5 million to construct and at a height of 165 m (541 ft), the Dushanbe Flagpole, first flown in 2011 is the tallest free-standing flagpole in the world. |
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... Tajikistan is one of the main homes of Marco Polo sheep which have been known to grow horns over six feet long and weighing up to 60 lb (27 kg). |
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| ... According to World Bank estimates, Takijistan gets 45% of its GDP from remittances, that is money sent to the country by migrants? |
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