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So, today I want to write about the most populated city and the administrative capital of Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous District (Province) – Khorugh city. And the location place of this town is really close to the Afghan border, in the south of this Republic. Well, the population of this city is about 40 000 inhabitants, according to information from 2005 – 2006. It was also very interesting to find out about education in this city, and I think that for such not so large populated city it is very good, and maybe also, if you want to think about it, how the poorest area of these places is, and how exactly hard life and low level of life quality is there, and taking it into account, of course, it is unbelievable, that there are three international or Asian Universities in in Khorugh; one of them is the University of Central Asia. So this educational establishment was founded in 2000. But, you know, it was very interesting for me to find out that this higher academic school has double campuses in other Republics of Central Asia, such as Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The number of education programs of academic programs is very big. And this is not only because a higher academic establishment or university school is situated in Khorugh. I think about that if the population of this city amounts to about 40 000 residents and there are three International Higher Educational Establishments or Universities – it’s very great, probably it is quite difficult to find any information about that, how many educated persons those universities have, and can, for example, a middle-level inhabitant or a person from this city study in these schools? So also, it was very interesting to inquire about the literacy rate in this Central Asia Republic, and there are about 99% of Tajikistan population who can read and write, they have, maybe, also some education level which is, maybe, not so high as a higher or university education, but this country has some neighbour countries, such as Afghanistan and also provinces of the People’s Republic of China, where the literacy rate or education level is quite lower than in the Tajikistan Republic. This, of course, means that the situation is not so catastrophic or bad, and thus it is ensured that Tajikistan population can be integrated in the public life of all kinds, such as job sphere and other kinds or circles of professional community. Of course, it is very difficult to find any job of a source of income in Tajikistan, but maybe, certainly the situation in the capital and other most populated cities is no so bad, but, of course, this can’t be said about some poorest places in Tajikistan, were most of residents keep their routine lifestyle, and, of course have no jobs. Probably, the major part of Tajikistan population has no idea how to go or to migrate for job opportunities to other republics. Well, it’s also a surprise, but for most of the residents there is only one choice, and Afghanistan and some other republics of Central Asia are the most visited countries by Tajik citizens for job opportunities. So, Afghanistan, of course, is situated very near to Tajikistan in cultural circle, the language and culture is very similar with just a little difference. I think that the Kazakhstan Republic is the number second of these countries where migration of Tajik nation for job opportunities is directed to. Probably the biggest part of this work force works for not so high income or salaries, there also was information that the largest part of Tajik workers is sending their income or transfer money to Tajikistan. Well, if you are interested, it is also worth to write about information from southern districts of Tajikistan, and it was information about salary for some jobs, that persons in mountain or natural resources industries earn about 1500 USA dollars, it sounds very unbelievably for Tajikistan, but maybe it is so in some international industrial manufactures which can guarantee higher salaries. Of course, it is true that the highest percent of native population working outside the borders of native country or going for jobs abroad is from Tajikistan. But if I want to disclose some facts about that how many Tajik citizens are living in other countries, then here are some data: the biggest part of Tajik population lives in Afghanistan, and there are about 8.5 million of them (in 2013), after that goes the Uzbekistan Republic with 1.5 million of native Tajiks, so, it follows thence that the biggest part of this nation is, in all respects, living in countries with the same religion and culture…

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You know, that maybe it is the right time for some facts concerning time zone and, probably, what is the difference between the time of those places and the time used in the Tajikistan Republic. And the official time zone or time difference from Greenwich Time is +6 hours from the UK time. This means that the time zone in Dushanbe and the Tajikistan Republic goes far, about for hours from the London time. It also was quite a surprise that this country does not use the summer time, so, it is probably necessary to understand that time does not have +1 hour, and this means that this time during a whole year is the same. For example, here it is 9 o’clock, 9 hours after midday, but in Tajikistan there are 11 hours after midday, and the difference is not so big… So, of course, the time is very essential and important, and, you know, I think, that in Central Asia a day starts from early morning, maybe also from 6 o’clock in morning. I don’t know, but to my opinion, I think that during the same day in this country it is really very hard to work, to go to some places and spend such a long time on the streets of some cities in this republic; the weather is very warm and the sun shines during the whole day from early morning until evening… Well, maybe, some days in summer the air temperature can rise up to 40° C or even 45° C, maybe a lower temperature can be only in mountains areas or near, you know, to Pamir Mountain area…

Time Zone in Tajikistan Republic and Dushanbe City