Tajikistan

Republic o Tajikistan Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон Çumhurii Toçikiston
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Anthem: Surudi Milli Oor beloved kintra
Caipital	Dushanbe 38°33′N 68°48′E
Lairgest ceety	Dushanbe.
Offeecial leids	Tajik
Recognised regional leids	Roushie
Ethnic groups (2000)	79.9% Tajik 15.3% Uzbek 1.1% Roushie 1.1% Kyrgyz 2.6% ithers
Demonym(s)	Tajik
Govrenment	Unitary dominant-pairty semi-presidential republic
• Preses	Emomali Rahmon
• Prime Meenister	Kokhir Rasulzoda
Legislatur	Supreme Assembly
• Upper house	Naitional Assembly
• Lower house	Assembly o Representatives
Unthirldom frae the Soviet Union
• Declared	9 September 1991
• Completit	25 December 1991
Aurie
• Total	143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi) (96th)
• Water (%)	1.8
Population
• 2013 estimate	8,000,000 (98t)
• 2010 census	7 564 500
• Density	48.6/km2 (125.9/sq mi) (155t)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$17,555 billion
• Per capita	$2 247
GDP (nominal)	2013 estimate
• Tot	$8,572 billion
• Per capita	$1041
Gini (2004)	33.59 medium
HDI (2013)	0.622 medium · 127th
Currency	Somoni (TJS)
Time zone	UTC+5 (TJT)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+992
ISO 3166 code	TJ

Tajikistan (pronounced /təˈdʒɪkɨstæn/ ^{(deprecatit template)} or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/; Тоҷикистон [ˈtɔd​ʒikɪsˈtɔn]), offeecially the Republic o Tajikistan (Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhurii Toçikiston; Roushie: Республика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan; Persie: جمهوری تاجیکستان‎ Jomhuri-ye Tajikestan), is a mountainous landlocked kintra in Central Asie. Afghanistan borders it tae the sooth, Uzbekistan tae the wast, 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 nairae 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 pairt 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 civer ower 90% o this Central Asian republic.

Efter unthirldom, Tajikistan suffered frae a devastatin civil war which lastit frae 1992 tae 1997. Syne the end o the war, newly establisht politeecal stability an foreign aid hae allawed the kintra's economy tae grow. Tred in commodities sic as cotton an aluminium haes contributit greatly tae this steady improvement.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticle: Provinces o Tajikistan

Tajikistan consists o 4 admeenistrative diveesions. Thir 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, thare wur 58 destricts an 367 jamoats in Tajikistan.

Diveesion	ISO 3166-2	Caipital	Aurie (km²)	Pop (2008)
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.