Tajikistan

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Republic of Tajikistan


Official flag	Official Coat of Arms

National information

National motto:

National anthem:

Surudi milli

About the people

Official languages:

Tajik

Population:
(# of people)

Total: 7,320,815 (July 2006 est.)
(ranked #95th)
Density: 48/km² per km²

Geography / Places

Here is the country on a map of the world.

Capital city:

Dushanbe

Largest city:

Area

Total: 143,100 km²
(ranked #92nd)
Water: 400 km² km² (0.3%%)

Politics / Government

Established:

Independence from
Soviet Union:
September 9, 1991

Leaders:

President Emomali Rahmonov
Prime Minister Okil Okilov

Economy / Money

Currency:
(Name of money)

Somoni

International information

Time zone:

Telephone dialing code:

992

Internet domain:

.tj

Tajikistan is a country in Asia.

[edit] Geography

Tajikistan is one of the new countries in central Asia. It is west of China, north of Afghanistan, east of Uzbekistan and south of Kyrgyzstan.

A map of Tajikistan

Tajikistan is landlocked and it is in the middle of the continent of Asia.

Its total area is only about 143,100 km². It is slightly smaller than Wisconsin, US. Tajikistan’s borders are 3,651 km long.

The climate is midlatitude continental, with hot summers and mild winters.

Dushanbe railway station

Almost all of the country (85 percent) is mountainous terrain with river-walleys running across, however high altitude mountains of Pomir are in the eastern part of the country, (which is beginnings of Hymalayas in the west). The Pomir Mountains also called `the roof of the world´. The climate there is semiarid to polar. The mountains cover an area of about 120,000 km². There are other countries within the mountains range. The mountains are between 3600 to 4400m high.

[edit] History

The land that is now Tajikistan has been lived in continuously since 4,000 BC. It has been under the rule of various empires throughout history, mostly the Persian Empires.

In the year 800, Islam came to Tajikistan.

In 1868, Tajikistan became a Russian Colony. It later became a part of the Soviet Union On September 9th of 1991, after long periods of mass protests against Soviet Government, Parliament of Tajikistan declared independence from Soviet Union, and held first presidential elections. Rahmon Nabiev who run the country during Soviet Union in the late 70s and early 80s, become president. But soon his unability to bring any much needed reforms to country, sparked mass protests in the capital city, Dushanbe. To which government responded by organising pro-government demonstration, mainly made of old Communist Party loyalists and population of southeast of the country bused to the city. That mascarade didn't work, so government of Rahmon Nabiev openly armed this pro-government demonstrants, which promted the Opposition to arm themself. After all this bloody civil war broke out. In which all of the new Democratic Parties, Political Organisations and Movements together with Political Islamic Movements created Alliance in Opposition to old Soviet Apparatchiks Government and southerners, because they After the September 11, 2001 attacks, many American and French Soldiers came into the country.