icit drugs: illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy; mostly
for CIS consumption; used as transshipment points for illicit drugs
from Southwest Asia to Western Europe and North America

Economic aid:
recipient: Russia and Uzbekistan reportedly provided substantial
general assistance throughout 1993 and 1994; Western aid and credits
promised through the end of 1993 were $700 million but disbursements
were only $104 million; large scale development loans await IMF
approval of a reform and stabilization plan

Currency: 1 ruble (R) = 100 kopeks; Tajikistan uses the Russian ruble
as its currency by agreement with Russia; government has plans to
introduce its own currency, the Tajik ruble, in 1995

Exchange rates: NA

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Tajikistan:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 480 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial
lines (1990)

Highways:
total: 29,900 km
paved: 21,400 km
unpaved: earth 8,500 km (1990)

Pipelines: natural gas 400 km (1992)

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 59
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 9
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 36

@Tajikistan:Communications

Telephone system: 303,000 telephones (December 1991); about 55
telephones/1,000 persons (1991); poorly developed and not well
maintained; many towns are not reached by the national network
local: NA
intercity: cable and microwave radio relay
international: linked by cable and microwave to other CIS republics,
and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch;
Dushanbe linked by INTELSAT to international gateway switch in Ankara;
1 Orbita and 2 INTELSAT earth stations

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: NA
televisions: NA
note: 1 INTELSAT earth station provides TV receive-only service from
Turkey

@Tajikistan:Defense Forces

Branches: Army (being formed), National Guard, Security Forces
(internal and border troops)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,410,229; males fit for
military service 1,153,638; males reach military age (18) annually
57,942 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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