Three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe.
2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor): Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), and Viloyati Sughd (Khujand). The administrative center name follows in parentheses.
Population:
6,719,567 (July 2002 est.)
Languages:
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Geographic coordinates:
39° 00' N, 71° 00' E
Area total:
143,100 sq. km
Land area:
142,700 sq. km
Water area:
400 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
3,651 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Elevation extremes:
Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m - Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
Internet country code:
.tj
Currency:
somoni (TJS)
Name - conventional long form:
Republic of Tajikistan
Name - conventional short form:
Tajikistan
Name - local long form:
Jumhurii Tojikiston
Name - local short form:
Tojikiston
Former name:
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
Independence:
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution:
6 November 1994
Government type:
republic
National holiday:
Independence Day (or National Day), 9 September (1991)