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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.

Thematic map of China showing the general distribution of major ethnic groups using different colors and patterns. The Han Chinese population dominates the eastern and central regions, while areas in the west and south are marked for Uighur, Tibetan, Mongolian, Hui, Miao, and other ethnic groups. A legend in the lower left identifies each group and also marks sparsely populated and uninhabited regions. Major cities and provincial boundaries are labeled for reference.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Tajik i. The Enhnonym: Origin and Application.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 21, 2026
	Add new Web site: CORE - The History and Characteristics of Traditional Sports in Central Asia : Tajikistan (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Nov 18, 2025
	Add new Web site: CORE - The History and Characteristics of Traditional Sports in Central Asia : Tajikistan (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Sep 11, 2025
	Add new Web site: Academia - Tajik Ethnicity in Historical Perspecitve (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Apr 25, 2025
	Add new Web site: Australian National University - Tajiks on the Crossroads of History, from Antiquity to the Age of Colonialism.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 01, 2025
	Add new Web site: Minority Rights Group - Tajiks in Afghanistan.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 18, 2024
	Add new Web site: Joshua Project - Tajik.	Aakanksha Gaur	Apr 12, 2024
	Updated population data and added discussion of Pamiris.	Teagan Wolter	Jan 29, 2024
	Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Tajik i. The Enhnonym: Origin and Application.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 07, 2023
	Add new Web site: Minority Rights Group - Tajiks in Afghanistan.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 13, 2022
	Article revised and updated.	Kathleen Kuiper Saga David	Jul 18, 2012
	Added new Web site: China Source - The Tajik People.	Veenu Setia	Feb 20, 2009
	Added new Web site: China Virtual Tours - The Customs Of Tajik People.	Veenu Setia	Feb 20, 2009
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 10, 2005
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 26, 2002
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 29, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998