Tajikistan
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| Offeecial leid | Tajik | ||||
| Caipital | Dushanbe | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | caipital | ||||
| Govrenment Heid o State - Prime Meenister - |
Unitary semi-presidential republic Preses Emomalii Rahmon Oqil Oqilov |
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| Area | 143,100 km2 55,251 sq mi |
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| Population | 7,349,145 | ||||
| Foondin | 1 September 1991 | ||||
| Siller | Somoni | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+5 | ||||
| Naitional anthem | Surudi Milli | ||||
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| Internet TLD | .tj | ||||
| Cawin code | 992 | ||||
Tajikistan (pronounced /təˈdʒɪkɨstæn/ or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/; Тоҷикистон [ˈtɔdʒikɪsˈtɔn]), offeecially the Republic o Tajikistan (Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston; Roushie: Республика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan; Persian: جمهوری تاجیکستان Jomhuri-ye Tajikestan), is a mountainous landlocked kintra in Central Asie. Afghanistan borders it tae the sooth, Uzbekistan tae the west, Kyrgyzstan tae the north, an Fowkrepublic o Cheenae tae the east. Tajikistan an aa lies adjacent tae Pakistan an the Gilgit-Baltistan region, separatit bi the narrow Wakhan Corridor.
Maist o Tajikistan's population belangs tae the Persian-speakin Tajik ethnic group, who share leid, cultur an history wi Afghanistan an Iran. Ance part o the Samanid Empire, Tajikistan became a constituent republic o the Soviet Union in the 20t century, kent as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR). Mountains cover ower 90% o this Central Asian republic.
Efter independence, Tajikistan suffered frae a devastatin civil war which lastit frae 1992 tae 1997. Since the end o the war, newly establisht politeecal stability an foreign aid hae allawed the kintra's economy tae grow. Trade in commodities such as cotton an aluminium haes contributit greatly tae this steady improvement.
Admeenistrative diveesions [edit]
- Main airticle: Provinces o Tajikistan
Tajikistan consists o 4 admeenistrative diveesions. These are the provinces (viloyat) o Sughd an Khatlon, the autonomous province o Gorno-Badakhshan (abbreviated as GBAO), an the Region o Republican Subordination (RRP – Raiony Respublikanskogo Podchineniya in transliteration frae Roushie or NTJ – Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ in Tajik; umwhile kent as Karotegin Province). Each region is dividit intae several destricts (Tajik: Ноҳия, nohiya or raion), which in turn are subdividit intae jamoats (veelage-level sel-govrenin units) an then veelages (qyshloqs). As o 2006, there wur 58 destricts an 367 jamoats in Tajikistan.[1]
| Diveesion | ISO 3166-2 | Caipital | Aurie (km²) | Pop (2008) |
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| Sughd | TJ-SU | Khujand | 25,400 | 2,132,100 |
| Region o Republican Subordination | TJ-RR | Dushanbe | 28,600 | 1,606,900 |
| Khatlon | TJ-KT | Qurghonteppa | 24,800 | 2,579,300 |
| Gorno-Badakhshan | TJ-BG | Khorugh | 64,200 | 218,000 |
Source: Population an aurie frae State Statistical Committee o Tajikistan.[1]
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