Tajikistan

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Political map of Tajikistan and its surrounding region, showing national boundaries, major cities such as Dushanbe, Khujand, and Khorugh, and neighboring countries including Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. An inset locator map highlights Tajikistan's position within Central Asia.

Zeravshan Range

Map of Central Asia highlighting Tajikistan in orange, surrounded by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Afghanistan. Neighboring countries including Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Russia, and Mongolia are also labeled. An inset globe at the bottom right shows the region's location within Eurasia.

Map of Tajikistan and surrounding countries highlighting major physical features such as mountain ranges (including the Trans Alay, Turkestan, Zeravshan, and Gissar ranges), peaks like Communism Peak, Lenin Peak, and Karl Marx Peak, and the Fergana Valley. Neighboring countries and international boundaries are marked, with an inset locator map showing Tajikistan's position in Asia.

Jagged, snow-covered peaks of the Pamir mountains in Tajikistan rise sharply, with deep valleys and distant ridges visible under a partly cloudy sky.

Tajikistan: Ethnic composition

Tajikistan: Religious affiliation

Tajikistan: Urban-rural

Tajikistan: Age breakdown

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Tajikistan: Media

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Tajikistan

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Political map of Tajikistan and its surrounding region, showing national boundaries, major cities such as Dushanbe, Khujand, and Khorugh, and neighboring countries including Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. An inset locator map highlights Tajikistan's position within Central Asia.

Tajikistan

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Zeravshan Range

Zeravshan Range

Zeravshan Range, Tajikistan.

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Map of Central Asia highlighting Tajikistan in orange, surrounded by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Afghanistan. Neighboring countries including Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Russia, and Mongolia are also labeled. An inset globe at the bottom right shows the region's location within Eurasia.

Tajikistan

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Map of Tajikistan and surrounding countries highlighting major physical features such as mountain ranges (including the Trans Alay, Turkestan, Zeravshan, and Gissar ranges), peaks like Communism Peak, Lenin Peak, and Karl Marx Peak, and the Fergana Valley. Neighboring countries and international boundaries are marked, with an inset locator map showing Tajikistan's position in Asia.

Physical features of Tajikistan

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Jagged, snow-covered peaks of the Pamir mountains in Tajikistan rise sharply, with deep valleys and distant ridges visible under a partly cloudy sky.

Pamir mountains in Tajikistan

Rugged peaks of the western Pamirs, Tajikistan.

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Map of central Asia created for the 1997 Britannica Book of the Year.

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Tajikistan

Tajikistan

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Tajikistan: Ethnic composition

Tajikistan: Ethnic composition

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Tajikistan: Religious affiliation

Tajikistan: Religious affiliation

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Tajikistan: Urban-rural

Tajikistan: Urban-rural

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Tajikistan: Age breakdown

Tajikistan: Age breakdown

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Tajikistan: Major import sources

Tajikistan: Major import sources

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Tajikistan: Major export destinations

Tajikistan: Major export destinations

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