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Tajikistan (pronounced /təˈdʒɪkɨstæn/ (deprecatit template) or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/; Тоҷикистон [ˈtɔdʒikɪsˈtɔn]), 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.
Republic o Tajikistan Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон Çumhurii Toçikiston | |
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Caipital | Dushanbe 38°33′N 68°48′E |
Lairgest ceety | Dushanbe. |
Offeecial leids | Tajik[1] |
Recognised regional leids | Roushie[2] |
Ethnic groups (2000) | |
Demonym(s) | Tajik[3] |
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[3] (98t) |
• 2010 census | 7 564 500 |
• Density | 48.6/km2 (125.9/sq mi) (155t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $17,555 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $2 247[4] |
GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
• Tot | $8,572 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $1041[4] |
Gini (2004) | 33.59 medium |
HDI (2013) | ![]() medium · 127th |
Currency | Somoni (TJS) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (TJT) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +992 |
ISO 3166 code | TJ |
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.
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.[6]
Source: Population an aurie frae State Statistical Committee o Tajikistan.[6]
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