How big is the area of the country where the Farkhor Air Base is located?
Tajikistan Tajikistan ( , , or ; Тоҷикистон ] ; Russian: Таджикистан ), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон , "Çumhuriji Toçikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston", جمهوری تاجیکستان, Russian: Республика Таджикистан ), also unofficially spelled as Tadzhikistan, is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated population of /1e6 round 1 million people as of , and an area of 143100 km2 . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Pakistan lies to the south, separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present-day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Al-Ahsa Governorate Al Ahsa (Arabic: الأحساء‎ ‎ " al-Aḥsāʾ", locally pronounced "al-Ḥasāʾ") is the largest governorate in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, named after the Al-Ahsa oasis. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the governorate, Hofuf. In Classical Arabic, Ahsa means the sound of water underground. It has one of the largest oases in the world with Date Palms known to be the best in the world, the oasis is located about 60 km inland from the Persian Gulf. All urban areas are located in the traditional oasis of Al-Hasa. In addition to the oasis, the county also includes the giant Empty Quarter desert, making it the largest governorate in Saudi Arabia in terms of area. The Empty Quarter has the world's largest oil fields and connects Saudi Arabia to Qatar, the UAE, and Oman. The Governorate's population is over 908,366 (2005 estimate ).In the past, Al-Ahsa belonged to the historical region known as Bahrain, along with Qatif and the present-day Bahrain islands.