Tajikistan

[ tuh-jik-uh-stan, -stahn, -jee-kuh-, tah-; Russian tuh-ji-kyi-stahn ]

noun

1. a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). : Dushanbe.

Tajikistan

/ tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn; -stæn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia: under Uzbek rule from the 15th century until taken over by Russia in the 1860s, it became an autonomous Soviet republic in 1929 and gained full independence from the Soviet Union in 1991; it is mainly mountainous. Official language: Tajik or Tajiki. Religion: believers are mainly Muslim. Currency: somoni. Capital: Dushanbe. Pop: 7 910 041 (2013 est). Area: 143 100 sq km (55 240 sq miles)

Tajikistan

1. Republic in central Asia , bounded by Uzbekistan to the west and northwest, Kyrgyzstan to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. Its capital and largest city is Dushanbe.

Notes

This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1991.

Tajikistan is predominantly Muslim .

Example Sentences

We have identified the names of 272 such men, many of whom were from Central Asia - 47 from Uzbekistan, 51 from Tajikistan, and 26 from Kyrgyzstan.

From BBC

In addition, smaller numbers have fled from a range of other countries including Burundi, Guatemala, India, Pakistan and Tajikistan, “to name just a few,” she said.

From Seattle Times

How, she wondered, did he go from the bumpy, dirt roads of their village in Tajikistan, in Central Asia, to sitting, bruised and battered, in a Russian courtroom accused of terrorism?

From New York Times

In the past year, jihadists from Tajikistan have been involved in an unusually high number of terrorist attacks or foiled plots linked to the Islamic State.

From New York Times

At the weekend Russian state TV broadcast interrogation videos of the four suspects, all citizens of Tajikistan.

From BBC