Tajikistan

E14781
country in Central Asia landlocked country sovereign state

Tajikistan is a landlocked, mountainous country in Central Asia known for its rugged Pamir range and as a former Soviet republic with an economy centered on agriculture, hydropower, and remittances.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
TJK 2
Republic of Tajikistan 1
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Central Asia ⓘ
landlocked country ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
borderingCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
China ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
callingCode +992 ⓘ
capital Dushanbe ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryCodeTopLevelDomain .tj ⓘ
currency Tajikistani somoni ⓘ
drivesOnThe right ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
hydropower ⓘ
remittances ⓘ
ethnicGroupMajority Tajiks ⓘ
formerColonialPower Russian Empire ⓘ
formerEntity Tajikistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
formerStateAffiliation Soviet Union ⓘ
governmentType unitary presidential republic ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Tajikistan ⓘ
highestPoint Ismoil Somoni Peak ⓘ
historicalRegion Central Asia ⓘ
surface form: Transoxiana
independenceDate 1991-09-09 ⓘ
independenceFrom Soviet Union ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 TJ ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 Tajikistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: TJK
landlocked true ⓘ
legislature Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan ⓘ
lowerHouse Assembly of Representatives ⓘ
majorRiver Amu Darya ⓘ
Panj River ⓘ
Vakhsh River ⓘ
memberOf Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
mountainRange Alay Mountains ⓘ
Pamir Mountains ⓘ
officialLanguage Russian ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
surface form: Tajik
partOf Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
religionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
timeZone UTC+05:00 ⓘ
UNMemberStateSince 1992-03-02 ⓘ
upperHouse National Assembly ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

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