Definition of tajikistan Tajikistan

/tɑˌʤiˈkɪstæˌn/ - [tajeekistan] -

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tajikistan - a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
		Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik
		asia the nations of the Asian continent collectively
		cis, commonwealth of independent states an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
		capital of tajikistan, dusanbe, dushanbe, dyushambe, stalinabad the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991
		communism peak, mount communism, mount garmo, stalin peak the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high)
		pamir mountains, the pamirs a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China

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tajikistan
A country in Central Asia.

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Tajikistan is a country in Asia.

Geography.

Tajikistan is one of the new countries in central Asia. It is west of China, north of Afghanistan, east of Uzbekistan and south of Kyrgyzstan.

Tajikistan is landlocked and it is in the middle of the continent of Asia.

Its total area is only about 143,100 km². It is slightly smaller than Wisconsin, USA. Tajikistan’s borders are 3,651 km long.

The climate has hot summers and mild winters.

Almost all of the country (85 percent) is mountainous with river-valleys running across, however high altitude mountains of Pomir are in the eastern part of the country, (which is beginnings of Hymalayas in the west). The climate there is semiarid to polar. The mountains cover an area of about 120,000 km². There are other countries within the mountain range. The mountains are between 3600 to 4400m high.

History.

The land that is now Tajikistan has been lived in since 4,000 BC. It has been under the rule of various empires throughout history, mostly the Persian Empires.

In the year 800, Islam came to Tajikistan.

In 1868, Tajikistan became a Russian Colony. It later became a part of the Soviet Union.

On 9 September 1991, after long periods of mass protests against Soviet Government, Parliament of Tajikistan declared independence from Soviet Union, and held first presidential elections.

Rahmon Nabiev who run the country during Soviet Union in the late 70s and early 80s, become president. But because he was unable to bring any much needed reforms to the