Tajikistan

Tajikistan ( or ;  ), offeecially the Republic o Tajikistan (, Çumhurii Toçikiston; , Respublika Tadzhikistan;  Jomhuri-ye Tajikestan), is a mountainous landlocked kintra in Central Asie. Afghanistan borders it tae the sooth, Uzbekistan tae the wast, Kyrgyzstan tae the north, an Fowkrepublic o Cheenae tae the east.  Tajikistan an aa lies adjacent tae Pakistan an the Gilgit-Baltistan region, separatit bi the nairae Wakhan Corridor.

Maist o Tajikistan's population belangs tae the Persian-speakin Tajik ethnic group, who share leid, cultur an history wi Afghanistan an Iran. Ance pairt o the Samanid Empire, Tajikistan became a constituent republic o the Soviet Union in the 20t century, kent as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR). Mountains civer ower 90% o this Central Asian republic.

Efter unthirldom, Tajikistan suffered frae a devastatin civil war which lastit frae 1992 tae 1997.  Syne the end o the war, newly establisht politeecal stability an foreign aid hae allawed the kintra's economy tae grow.  Tred in commodities sic as cotton an aluminium haes contributit greatly tae this steady improvement.

 Admeenistrative diveesions 

Tajikistan consists o 4 admeenistrative diveesions. Thir are the provinces (viloyat) o Sughd an Khatlon, the autonomous province o Gorno-Badakhshan (abbreviated as GBAO), an the Region o Republican Subordination (RRP – Raiony Respublikanskogo Podchineniya in transliteration frae Roushie or NTJ – Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ in Tajik; umwhile kent as Karotegin Province). Each region is dividit intae several destricts (, nohiya or raion), which in turn are subdividit intae jamoats (veelage-level sel-govrenin units) an then veelages (qyshloqs). As o 2006, thare wur 58 destricts an 367 jamoats in Tajikistan.

 Diveesion  ISO 3166-2  Caipital  Aurie (km²) Pop (2008) SughdTJ-SU Khujand  25,400  2,132,100 Region o Republican Subordination TJ-RR  Dushanbe  28,600  1,606,900 Khatlon TJ-KT Qurghonteppa　 24,800  2,579,300 Gorno-Badakhshan TJ-BG Khorugh  64,200  218,000
Source: Population an aurie frae State Statistical Committee o Tajikistan.Population of the Republic of Tajikistan as of 1 January 2008, State Statistical Committee, Dushanbe, 2008 

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Category:Central Asie kintras
Category:Landlocked kintras
Category:Member states o the Organisation o Islamic Cooperation
Category:Persie-speakin kintras an territories
Category:Roushie-speakin kintras an territories
Category:States an territories established in 1991
Category:Member states o the Unitit Naitions