Tajikistan

Basic facts about Tajikistan

Country name: Tajikistan
Capital: Dushanbe
Country code: 407
Continent: Central Asia
Currency name: Tajikistani somoni
Independence: 1991-09-09 00:00:00
Independent from: from the Soviet Union
Total area (km2): 143,100
Land area (km2): 141,510
Water area (km2): 2,590
Population: 7,910,041
Population note: 7,910,041 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: Tajik (Persian)
All languages: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Time zone: TJT (UTC+5)
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Drive on: right
Calling code: +992
Domain: .tj