Tajikistan

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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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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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Dushanbe isPoliticalCenterOf Tajikistan
Dushanbe isEconomicCenterOf Tajikistan
Dushanbe isCulturalCenterOf Tajikistan
Alay Mountains country Tajikistan
Alay Mountains extendsAcross Tajikistan
Alay Mountains borderRegionOf Tajikistan
Panj River country Tajikistan
Panj River formsBorderBetween Tajikistan
Panj River basinCountry Tajikistan
Unified Team successor Tajikistan
this entity surface form: Tajikistan at the Olympics
Judeo-Tajik region Tajikistan
Fergana nearBorderWith Tajikistan
Sogdians modernCountryTerritory Tajikistan
Nowruz celebrations observedIn Tajikistan
Tajik language spokenIn Tajikistan
Tajik language primaryRegion Tajikistan
Iranian studies focusesOn Tajikistan
Pamir languages spokenIn Tajikistan
ШОС страна-участник Tajikistan
this entity surface form: Таджикистан
SCO memberState Tajikistan
Shashmaqam hasRegion Tajikistan
Bactria modernTerritoryIncludes Tajikistan
Badakhshan partOf Tajikistan
Sogdia modernTerritoryIncludes Tajikistan
Vakhsh River country Tajikistan
Vakhsh River flowsThrough Tajikistan
Vakhsh River countryAlongBasin Tajikistan
Vakhsh River basinCountry Tajikistan
Vakhsh River locatedIn Tajikistan
Pamiris resideIn Tajikistan
Pamiris minorityStatusIn Tajikistan
S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna usedBy Tajikistan
ibisbill distributionCountry Tajikistan
Afghanistan (regionally, via Baluchistan) borderCountry Tajikistan
subject surface form: Afghanistan
United Front receivedSupportFrom Tajikistan
Alma-Ata Protocol signatory Tajikistan
Arbor Day celebratedIn Tajikistan
Russian gauge countryOfUse Tajikistan
Yaghnobi spokenIn Tajikistan