Back Таџьықьсҭан Abkhazian Tajikistan ACE Таджикистан ADY Tadjikistan Afrikaans Tadschikistan ALS ታጂኪስታን Amharic Tajikistan AMI Tachiquistán AN Tacgicastan ANG ताजिकिस्तान ANP

Tajikistan

Republic of Tajikistan
Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон (Tajik)
Республика Таджикистан (Russian)
Motto: 
Истиқлол, Озодӣ, Ватан (Tajik)
Istiqlol, Ozodí, Vatan
Независимость, Свобода, Родина (Russian)
Nezavisimost', Svoboda, Rodina
"Independence, Freedom, Homeland"
Anthem: 
Суруди Миллӣ (Tajik)
Surudi Milli
"National Anthem"
Location of Tajikistan (green)
Location of Tajikistan (green)
Capital
and largest city
Dushanbe
38°33′N 68°48′E / 38.550°N 68.800°E / 38.550; 68.800
Official languages
Ethnic groups
(2020)[1]
Religion
(2020)[2]
97.5% Islam
0.7% Christianity
1.7% Irreligion
0.2% Others
Demonym(s)
GovernmentUnitary presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship[4][5]
• President
Emomali Rahmon
Kokhir Rasulzoda
LegislatureSupreme Assembly
• Upper house
National Assembly
• Lower house
Assembly of Representatives
Formation
14 October 1924
5 December 1929
9 September 1991
26 December 1991
6 November 1994
Area
• Total
143,100[6][7][8] km2 (55,300 sq mi) (94th)
• Water
2,575 km2 (994 sq mi)
• Water (%)
1.8
Population
• 2025 estimate
Increase 10,786,734[9]
• Density
75.4/km2 (195.3/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2024 estimate
• Total
Increase $59.415 billion[10] (119th)
• Per capita
Increase $5,832[10] (145th)
GDP (nominal)2024 estimate
• Total
Increase $12.953 billion[10] (141st)
• Per capita
Decrease $1,276[10] (163rd)
Gini (2015)34[11]
medium inequality
HDI (2023)Increase 0.691[12]
medium (128th)
CurrencySomoni (TJS)
Time zoneUTC+5 (TJT)
Date formatdd.mm.yyyy
Calling code+992
ISO 3166 codeTJ
Internet TLD.tj

Tajikistan,[b] officially the Republic of Tajikistan,[c] is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. It has a population of over 10.7 million people.[13]

The territory was previously home to cultures of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, including the Oxus civilization in west, with the Indo-Iranians arriving during the Andronovo culture. Parts of country were part of the Sogdian and Bactrian civilizations, and was ruled by those including the Achaemenids, the Alexander the Great, the Greco-Bactrians, the Kushans, the Kidarites and Hephthalites, the First Turkic Khaganate, the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, the Samanid Empire, the Kara-Khanids, Seljuks, Khwarazmians, the Mongols, Timurids and Khanate of Bukhara. The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire, before becoming part of the Soviet Union. Within the Soviet Union, the country's borders were drawn when it was part of Uzbekistan as an autonomous republic before becoming a constituent republic of the Soviet Union on 5 December 1929.[14]

On 9 September 1991, Tajikistan declared itself an independent sovereign state as the Soviet Union was disintegrating. A civil war was fought after independence, lasting from May 1992 to June 1997. Since the end of the war, newly established political stability and foreign aid have allowed the country's economy to grow. The country has been led since 1994 by Emomali Rahmon, who heads an authoritarian regime and whose human rights record has been criticised.[15][16]

Tajikistan is a presidential republic consisting of four provinces. Tajiks form the ethnic majority in the country,[17] and their national language is Tajik.[18] Russian is used as the official inter-ethnic language.[19] While the state is constitutionally secular, the Islamic religion is nominally adhered to by 97.5% of the population. In the Gorno-Badakhshan oblast, there is a linguistic diversity where Rushani, Shughni, Ishkashimi, Wakhi, and Tajik are some of the languages spoken. Mountains cover more than 90% of the country. It is a developing country with a transitional economy that is dependent on remittances and on the production of aluminium and cotton. Tajikistan is a member of the United Nations, CIS, OSCE, OIC, ECO, SCO, CSTO, and a NATO PfP partner.


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  6. ^ "General information". Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan to France. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020. Territorу – 143.1 thsd. square kilometers
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  13. ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  14. ^ Bergne, Paul (2007) The Birth of Tajikistan: National Identity and the Origins of the Republic, IB Taurus & Co Ltd, pg. 39–40
  15. ^ "World Report 2019: Rights Trends in Tajikistan". Human Rights Watch. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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  17. ^ "Tajikistan Ethnic groups – Demographics". www.indexmundi.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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  19. ^ "Tajik | Central Asian, Persian, Pamiri, & Iranian Language | Britannica". 18 September 2024.

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