Located in Central Asia and crossed by the ancient Silk Road, this
small montainous country was influenced by several cultures - such as
Indo-Iranian, Turkic, Chinese and Russian - through its vast History.
Politically and economically isolated, Kharzanistan now tries to be
open to the world, searching for its own development.
GEOGRAPHIC DATA
Official name: Қарзанчөpлай
Җумҳури, Qarzançörlay Jumhuri;قارزانچۆرلاي جۇمھۇرى; 西山国共和国, Xīshānguó
Gònghéguó (Republic of Kharzanistan)
Origin of the
Name: Kharzanistan means country of Kharzani in
Persian. Kharzan is supposed
to be from Turkic kar/qar
“snow” and Old Kharzani *tsrān,
“mountain”.
Area: 21,313 km²
Population:
1,196,860 inhabitants
Population Density: 56 inhabit./km²
Capital: Hoşraz (572,030)
Important Cities:
Sinjunveⱬ, Moğaⱬabad, Savız Köl, Şarqraz
Nationality: Kharzani (қарзаны/qarzanı)
Languages: Kharzani (official); Mandarin
(co-official); Russian; Tajik; Kyrgyz; Uzbek
Religion: Islam (90%); Russian Orthodox
Christianity; Buddhism
Local time:
GMT +6
Climate:
cold semi-arid (BSk); average temperature: 1ºC (Jan., -12ºC, Jul.,
14ºC); rain: 1,000 mm yearly. Most of the country is above 3,000 m of
altitude
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Highest Mountain: Qor Ţoran
(6,614 m)
Longest Rivers:
Mahtuⱬ, Ğantuⱬ, Moğaⱬ
Internet
code: .qh
International Organizations: UN, CIS, Central Asian
Union
University: Russian-Kharzani University
(Рөс-қарзаны Университети) in Hoşraz
Newspapers:
Ҳошразтық Ҳайнaм (Hoşraztıq Haynam); 新中国学报 (Xīn Zhōngguó Xuébào)
Currency:
Haynsum
(QHS)
Economy: agriculture
(cotton, wheat, wool, silk); textile and food industry; foreign remittance
GDP: 1,518
million USD
GDP per capita: 1,269 USD per inhabitant
Government: unitary one-party socialist republic
Chairman (Head of State and Government): Düxţay Sirğren Usençütiq (since 2015)
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