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Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. It has a population of over 10.7 million people.

The territory was previously home to cultures of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, including the Oxus civilization in west, with the Indo-Iranians arriving during the Andronovo culture. Parts of country were part of the Sogdian and Bactrian civilizations, and was ruled by those including the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great, the Greco-Bactrians, the Kushans, the Kidarites and Hephthalites, the First Turkic Khaganate, the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, the Samanid Empire, the Kara-Khanids, Seljuks, Khwarazmians, the Mongols, Timurids and Khanate of Bukhara. The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire, before becoming part of the Soviet Union. Within the Soviet Union, the country's borders were drawn when it was part of Uzbekistan as an autonomous republic before becoming a constituent republic of the Soviet Union on 5 December 1929. (Full article...)

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Fergana Valley (highlighted), post-1991 national territories colour-coded.

The Fergana Valley (also commonly spelled the Ferghana Valley) in Central Asia crosses eastern Uzbekistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan.

Encompassing three former Soviet republics, the valley is ethnically diverse and relations among the countries are tense. Ethnic enclaves, restricted right of movement, lack of agreement about border demarcation and disputes over access to family members and economic activity contribute to tensions. (Full article...)

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... Tajik cuisine has much in common with Uzbek, Afghan, Russian, and Iranian cuisine, and developed from Persian cuisine?
It is known for dishes such as kabuli pulao, qabili palau, and samanu, and the national food and drink are plov and green tea, respectively.

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Image 1Pamir Highway Route (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 2Samanid empire (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 3Uzbek Spetsnaz soldiers during the Civil War, 1992 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 4A Tajik feast. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 5Map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 6Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007 (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 7Protests in Dushanbe, February 1990 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 8Dushanbe railway station (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 9Tajik men and boys, 1905–1915
Image 10Sculpture of a woman from Takht-i Sangin, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Tajikistan. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 11CIA map of Tajikistan (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 12A Sogdian wall mural from the ruins of an aristocratic home in the archaeological site of Panjakent, showing Sogdian men playing a board game, 8th century (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 13Soviet negotiations with basmachi, 1921 (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 14A Tajik women in traditional dress. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 15Asia in 500, showing the Hepthalite Khanate at its greatest extent (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 16Ambassador to the Tang dynasty, coming from Kumedh (胡密丹), Tajikistan. Wanghuitu (王会图) circa 650 CE. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 17Dushanbe International Airport (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 182001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network (from Transport in Tajikistan)
Image 19Painted clay and alabaster head of a Zoroastrian priest wearing a distinctive Bactrian-style headdress, Takhti-Sangin, Tajikistan, Greco-Bactrian kingdom, 3rd-2nd century BC. (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 20A traditional Tajik wedding. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 21Flag of the Tajik SSR (from History of Tajikistan)
Image 22A monument in Dushanbe to Tajik writers. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 23A family celebrating Eid in Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)
Image 24A man makes plov, the national dish of Tajikistan. (from Culture of Tajikistan)

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