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Tajikistan flag information

Description flag of Tajikistan

three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe

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Official country name

Republic of Tajikistan

Short name

Tajikistan

Local names

Jumhurii Tojikiston (long)
Tojikiston (short)

Former name

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

Nationality

Tajikistani(s) (noun) Tojikiston (adjective)

Languages spoken

Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business

Capital

Dushanbe

Government type

republic

Population

7,211,884 ranked 99, (data 2008)

Geography

mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast; highest point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR. The lowest point is Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m.

Coastline

Coastline 0 km.

Land borders

3,651km, Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km.

Administrative divisions

2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* [Gorno-Badakhshan] (Khorugh), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
the administrative center name follows in parentheses

Independence

9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)