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About what, how often I need to write, yes, I know that the beginning of each page for each day started with the same words, but maybe tomorrow, for the first time, there will be another beginning of the next page, but today, I think, that I need to write about other two administrative provinces or Velayats of Tajikistan. And, of course, this will be not about Gorno – Badakshan Autonomous District or about Sughd Region. But maybe it will be very good if you start to inquire about these two Velayats of the Tajikistan Republic which are situated in the western part of this Republic, near to Uzbekistan border; and they are Khatlon and Region of Republican Subordination. Well, probably, it is worth to say something about Khatlon Region which is situated in the south-west part of the Tajikistan Republic near Uzbekistan and Afghanistan borders. Area of this region amounts to about 25 000 km², and there is one else region in this area situated in the north part of the Tajikistan Republic, and it is Sughd Region about which I wrote yesterday. According to information of about 2008, population of this Province or Region (Khatlon Region) is about 2.5 million residents. Well, the administrative capital of this region, or, to tell the truth, the biggest city is Qurghonteppa, a city situated in the south part of region and the Tajikistan Republic, and it is very closely near to Afghanistan border. So, the population of that city, or how it is referred to in Tajikistan – Qurghonteppa, is about 100 000 residents (according to information of 2014). Well, but probably it has to be said that the major part of population of Khatlon Region are involved in agriculture, this means, of course, that this region has no important manufactures or industry, and the major part of working population is busy and working only in agriculture. So, maybe, it’s also not so safe and stable as it may be, for example, in other two administrative divisions of Tajikistan, as in Sughd Region or in the Region of Republican Subordination where, of course, there are more stability and higher level in economy sectors. So, for example, it’s necessary to write also about the most important administrative division of the Tajikistan Republic in official level where the capital of Tajikistan – Dushanbe is situated, i.e. the Region of Republican Subordination which is located in the western-central part of the country. The area of this region amounts to 28 600 km², and population of this province is 1.5 million residents. So, of course, the major part of inhabitants is living in the Tajik capital… but for what this region is famous? So, maybe it’s necessary mention some cultivated fruit growing especially in the warm summer season, such as peaches, apples, apricots, cherries and other fruit which are widely cultivated in Tajikistan. Of course, one need to know about the biggest city in this region, and this is true in entire Tajikistan Republic – Dushanbe city. The capital area is about 125 km², and the population is about 780 000 residents (as in 2004). So, it may be necessary to tell that if it is a capital then, of course it’s necessary to know that it must have an airport, and, of course, Dushanbe city has it. So, there are two main Tajikistan Air companies in Dushanbe International Airport, called Somon Air and Tajik Air. Somon Air Company, one of two biggest air companies in the Tajikistan Republic, often provides many air flights to other cities in several places of Asian continent, such as Turkey, Central Asia Republics and also in Europe. But the most interesting thing is to know that Somon Air Company has only three modern Boeings in its aircraft park, as in 2014. So, other biggest air company or operator in Tajikistan, Tajik Air, has maybe connections with other countries, such as Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, India, China and several Central Asia Republics. Well, probably, Dushanbe International Airport had experienced some changes recently, and perhaps it’s necessary to say something about the new terminal which was opened on the 3^rd of September, 2014, about a half year ago, maybe a bit longer time ago than a half year. So, what can be said about this; maybe that, according to information, the new terminal of Dushanbe airport can serve about 1.5 million passengers a year. It is very difficult to say, is a big part of passengers going to the Tajikistan Republic or leaving this country using Dushanbe International Airport, but I think that maybe a number of flights to and from this Republic is not so small, maybe also this Dushanbe International Airport is keeping up with other three airports in Tajikistan, i.e. in Khorugh, Khujand and Qurghonteppa.

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Now, today I need to say something about what I wrote you yesterday, and mostly it was about administrative divisions of the Tajikistan Republic. So, the country includes four parts or administrative divisions, and in Tajikistan they are known as – Velayats. So, the first and the largest part of the Tajikistan Republic is the Gorno – Badakshan Autonomous Province or district which occupies about a half of Tajikistan territory; and this administrative division has an autonomous status. Now, maybe, let us turn to other three parts of the Tajikistan Republic located very closely to each other and situated in the western part of this Central Asia Republic. There is, of course, another not so big area which in official level in Tajikistan country is recognized and referred to officially as Sughd region; it is situated on the north of the country and have borders with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Republics. The area of this region is not large, if I remember right, it’s only about 25 000 km², but population of Sughd Region, I can’t say that it is very numerous, because only about 2 million people are living in this area.

Maybe the biggest populated city in this region is Khujand city with population of about 125 000 inhabitants, and it is, of course, not a big number for a country whose population is about 8.5 million of people.

Probably, the Tajikistan Republic consists of 4 parts or Velayats (Provinces)