apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment
External Debt
$2,593,000,000 $
$306,600,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
Turkish liras (TRY) per US dollar - 1.3179 (2008 est.), 1.319 (2007), 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004) note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira; on 1 January 2009 the Turkish government dropped the word "new" and the currency is now called simply the Turkish lira
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%
5.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
8
Location
Central Asia, west of China
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
Area
143,100 km sq
783,562 km sq
Coastline
0 km
7,200 km
Climate
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
