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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)
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)