Capital: Dushanbe
Population: 9.1 Million
Area: 144,100.00 km 2
Major ethnicity: Tajik
Major language: Tajiki
Secondary language: Russian
Major religion: Islam
Currency: Tajiki Somoni (TJS)
The key era: Somoni Dynasty (9th-10th AD)
Neighboring countries: Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-China
Number of provinces: 4
Location: Central Asia
UNESCO Heritage Site: 2
Time zone: UTC +5
Tallest Peak: Ismail Somoni Peak (7,495m)
Tajik Food
It is so tasty to get to know Tajiki food. The very first one would be Nan. It is a Tajik style flat bread. It will be prepared in an oven called Tandir. They also have so called Manty. the Monty are steamed dumpling Kurt which is the snack in Tajikistan. it will be prepared from thickened salty yogurt called suzma. You can eat them like savory hard candy. There are also many other traditional foods in Tajikistan. one of which is Qurutab, Which is the national dish. Or Shurbo which is the very rich soup. the most famous Dish and the king of the table would be Plov! But depending on the region where it's from people will add other ingredients. there is also huge tea culture in Tajikistan. they love to drink green tea together with different kinds of nuts and fruits and also dried fruits. Shirchoy is milk tea with butter
Manty
Sambusa
Plov
Shurbo
Qurutab
Tajik Souvenirs
bowls & plates with Tajiki patterns
Decorative plates
cushion cover
Magnets for refrigerator door
Political geography
In ancient times Tajikistan went by many names and empires; they are part of Ariana, Bacteria and the Achaemenid Empire (Persian), but most Tajiks today would probably be attributed to Samanid dynasty, as being the key era that gave them their distinct Tajik identity. Ismail Samani is considered the father of the nation. Since then, Tajikistan and later on the entire Central Asia has gone through a lot of transitions and complicated administrative restructuring. The country is a landmark located in Central Asia surrounded by 4 other countries including China on the east. Kyrgyzstan on the north and Uzbekistan on the north and west and Afghanistan on south. At the consequence of Varzob and Korfanihon rivers, rise the capital and the largest city Dushanbe which means Monday, most likely derived from the Monday market at the city Korufa. In the Soviet years it was known as Stalinabad but it changed its name back in 9061 to Dushanbe.Provinces of Tajikistan
The country is made up four provinces or "Viloyat": They are Sughd, Khatalon, Gorno-Badakhshan (Autonomous province) and the 4th in the middle was formerly known as Karotegin But since the Tajik Civil War it was changed to "districts under central government” or “Republic subordination" Gorno-Badakhshan is the largest province making up of 45% of the country's landmass yet only about 3% of the population lives there. This province is autonomous and if you want to visit there you must obtain a special permit from Dushanbe.Tajikistan is home to a unique network of roadways that try their best to interconnect each district but of course the heavy mountainous roads have always been somewhat challenging.
Landscape
when it comes to landscape, a few places match what Tajikistan has to offer. It may not have been blessed by the oceans. What they lack in sea access, they gain in sky access! Because there are lots of mountains in Tajikistan. First of all, the country is 93% mountainous-the 3rd most mountainous country in the world after Bhutan and Nepal. The two main ranges being the Pamir and Alay ranges. These mountains are of course caused by the convergence of Indian plate thrusting into the Euro-Asian plate, creating an entire complicated network of many reefs, fishers and fought lines. Mostly in the Pamir mountains, the largest being the Altai, Davaz, Karakorum and Herat folt lines. This in return makes Tajikistan sustainable to regular earthquake activity, and of course within these mountains you can find the tallest peak Ismail Somoni Peak with 7495 meters heights. Here you can also find Fedchenko glacier, the largest nonpolar glacier in the world. They have 2 lowlands separated by mountains In the North and South; the Panj River lowlands in the Southwest and the Fergana Valley in the north which is the most fertile part of the country. These valleys are fed by the countless snowmelt rivers running off from the mountains; it is said there are over 900 rivers in the country, at least 10 km or longer. The longest one though would be the Vakhsh river that reverses the northeast to the southwest. On this river you can find Nurek dam. This dam is the second tallest dam in the world which creates the Nurek Reservoir. All the way up in the North you can also find the Kairakkum Reservoir with another hydroelectric plant. In fact, almost all the power in Tajikistan is provided by hydroelectric sources. Finally, only 3% of the country is forested as they have lost much of it in the past century due to industrial activities.
Kuli-Kalan (Big Lake)
Khuja Mumin Salt Mountain
Alauddin Mountain
Fann Mountains
Population
In any case statically here is how the country breaks down. The country has a population of about 10 million people and has the fastest growing population in central Asia averaging in about 2.4 million annually. There are also more Tajiks in diaspora than in Tajikistan. somewhere around 11 to 13 million in Afghanistan alone and somewhere around 85% The country is primarily made up of ethnic Tajiks. However keeping in mind usually minority groups like the Pamiri and Yaghnobi people sometimes get launched into Tajik category as they are ethno- linguistically related. After that about 13% the next largest community are Uzbeks specifically Soghdian Uzbeks that live in the north part of the country by Uzbekistan and finally the last remaining 2% are made up of other people groups mostly Russian, Kyrgyz, Turkmens, and so on. There are even few Koreans in Tajikistan.
Language
Language wise Tajik is the official language in Tajikistan. The language is pretty much intelligible to the other Persian based languages; like Farsi in Iran and Dari spoken in Afghanistan. They can all understand each other. The biggest difference is that it is one of the only 2 Ironic languages written in the Cyrillic alphabet rather than the Arabic one. Otherwise the only other difference between the 3 is that there are slight accents and differences in bone words from outside languages. Other than that Russian is the Secondary enter-ethnic language spoken there. About 90% speak Russian proficiently. In general, the Russian language is useful in this part of the world. It is also important to note that Pamiris are kind of like a completely separate thing. Their languages are less intelligible and they have their own unique customs, many of which are inspired by Zoroastrianism.