Tajikistan

American  

[tuh-jik-uh-stan, -stahn, -jee-kuh-, tah-, tuh-ji-kyi-stahn] / təˈdʒɪk əˌstæn, -ˌstɑn, -ˈdʒi kə-, tɑ-, tə dʒɪ kjɪˈstɑn /

Also Tadzhikistan

noun

1. a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Dushanbe.

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Tajikistan British  

/ tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn, -stæn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia: under Uzbek rule from the 15th century until taken over by Russia in the 1860s, it became an autonomous Soviet republic in 1929 and gained full independence from the Soviet Union in 1991; it is mainly mountainous. Official language: Tajik or Tajiki. Religion: believers are mainly Muslim. Currency: somoni. Capital: Dushanbe. Pop: 7 910 041 (2013 est). Area: 143 100 sq km (55 240 sq miles)

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Tajikistan Cultural  

1. Republic in central Asia, bounded by Uzbekistan to the west and northwest, Kyrgyzstan to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. Its capital and largest city is Dushanbe.

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This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1991.

Tajikistan is predominantly Muslim.

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He was a longtime business associate of Zanjani who once managed an airline on his behalf in Tajikistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Yet states like Mongolia and Tajikistan can little afford to antagonize their giant Russian neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Badakhshon Tursunova -- born when Tajikistan was still part of the Soviet Union, which suppressed religion -- was named after a region her mother came from.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

IS-K, the group which admitted the attack, is an offshoot of IS which seeks to establish a Muslim caliphate across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Iran.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

Tajikistan depends on aid from Russia and Uzbekistan and on international humanitarian assistance for much of its basic subsistence needs.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency