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Tajikistan
Tajikistan is a country in Central Asia with its capital in Dushanbe.
- Capital
- Dushanbe
- Region
- Central Asia, Asia
- Population
- 10.5 million
- Languages
- Russian, Tajik
- Currency
- Tajikistani somoni (ะ ะ)
- Area
- 143,100 kmยฒ
- Borders
- ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan ๐จ๐ณ China ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan
๐ก 93% mountainous; once Persian-speaking heart of Central Asia.
๐ง 93% mountainous; once the Persian-speaking heart of Central Asia.
About the flag
A gold crown under an arc of seven stars sits in the wide white band. The crown is often linked to the word taj, meaning crown, which some connect to the name Tajik.
How to spot it: Red-white-green stripes with a wider white middle holding a gold crown and seven stars; Iranโs has green on top.
Often confused with: ๐ฎ๐ท Iran ๐ญ๐บ Hungary