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Tajikistan

TJ / TJK   38.6°, 71.4°

Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of the country, with a population of over 1.2 million. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east; it is narrowly separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. Its total population exceeds 11 million.

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People are called
Tajik / Tajikistani
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+992
Capital
Dushanbe
Population
9,504,000
Area
143,100 km2
Climate
Continental
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Tajikistani somoni
Languages
Tajik 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz 0.8%
Sells
gold, precious metal ore, aluminum, lead ore
Sells to
Switzerland 31%, Kazakhstan 18%, China 17%
Land borders
4: Afghanistan, People's Republic of China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+992
Founded
1991
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Tajik / Tajikistani

These are English demonyms for people from Tajikistan. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Tajikofficial
84.4%
11.9%
0.8%
0.5%

Largest cities

Dushanbe  capital 863,400
Khujand 187,500
Bokhtar 116,000
Kulob 105,000

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

mid-latitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

Climate zone

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Emomali Rahmon
Emomali Rahmon President since 1992 Emomali Rahmon is a Tajikistani politician who has served as the third president of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly from 1992 to 1994.
Ismoil Somoni
Ismoil Somoni Founder of the Samanid state Ismoil Somoni Peak is the highest mountain in Tajikistan, as well as the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union before Tajikistan's independence.

Leaders before them

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities.