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Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.

The territory was previously home to cultures of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, including the city of Sarazm, and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of faiths and cultures, including the Oxus civilization, Andronovo culture, Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Islam. The area has been ruled by empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire, Sasanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, and Mongol Empire. After being ruled by the Timurid Empire and Khanate of Bukhara, the Timurid Renaissance flourished. The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire and subsequently by the Soviet Union. Within the Soviet Union, the country's borders were drawn when it was part of Uzbekistan as an autonomous republic before becoming a full-fledged Soviet republic in 1929. (Full article...)

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The national flag of Tajikistan (Tajik: Парчами Тоҷикистон / Parčami Tojikiston / پَرچَمِ تاجِیکِستان) was adopted in November 1992, replacing the flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic of 1953. The flag features Pan-Iranian colors in a horizontal tricolor of red, white (double width) and green, with a yellow crown surmounted by an arc of seven stars at the centre. It has a width ratio of 2:3:2. The tricolor preserves the choice of colors in the former Tajik Soviet flag, as well as the 1:2 proportions.

The flag day is celebrated on 24 November, which is the day it was officially adopted. (Full article...)

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... Tajikistan is one of the main homes of Marco Polo sheep which have been known to grow horns over six feet long and weighing up to 60 lb (27 kg).

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Image 1Uzbek Spetsnaz soldiers during the Civil War, 1992 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 2CIA map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 3Dushanbe International Airport (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 4Tajik men and boys, 1905–1915 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 5Pamir Highway Route (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 6Asia in 500, showing the Hepthalite Khanate at its greatest extent (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 7Protests in Dushanbe, February 1990 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 8Ambassador to the Tang dynasty, coming from Kumedh (胡密丹), Tajikistan. Wanghuitu (王会图) circa 650 CE. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 9A Tajik women in traditional dress. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 10A Tajik feast. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 11A man makes plov, the national dish of Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 12A Sogdian wall mural from the ruins of an aristocratic home in the archaeological site of Panjakent, showing Sogdian men playing a board game, 8th century (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 13Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007 (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 14A traditional Tajik wedding. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 15Samanid empire (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 16Dushanbe railway station (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 17A monument in Dushanbe to Tajik writers. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 18Map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 19Flag of the Tajik SSR (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 20Sculpture of a woman from Takht-i Sangin, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Tajikistan. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 21Soviet negotiations with basmachi, 1921 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 222001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 23A family celebrating Eid in Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 24Painted clay and alabaster head of a Zoroastrian priest wearing a distinctive Bactrian-style headdress, Takhti-Sangin, Tajikistan, Greco-Bactrian kingdom, 3rd-2nd century BC. (from History of Tajikistan)