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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Cuba, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Cambodia had the lowest levels of AI diffusion, all below 7%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

But with Tajikistan being economically dependent on Moscow and hundreds of thousands of Tajik migrant workers living in Russia, practical realities limit the drive to shed Russian influence.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 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

Many had played together in Russia, Turkey and Tajikistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Tajikistan ranks third in the world in terms of water resources per head, but suffers winter power shortages due to poor management of water levels in rivers and reservoirs.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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