What is the capital of Tajikistan?

1. Is Dushanbe the capital city?
2. What is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan?
3. What continent is Tajikistan?
4. Is Tajikistan part of Russia?
5. Is Tajikistan in the Middle East?
6. Why is the capital of Tajikistan called Monday?
7. Is Tajikistan democratic?
8. Is Tajikistan a poor country?
9. Is Tajikistan a communist country?
10. Is Tajikistan a Russian ally?
11. What kind of country is Tajikistan?

Is Dushanbe the capital city?

Tajikistan was a constituent (union) republic of the Soviet Union from 1929 until its independence in 1991. The capital is Dushanbe.

What is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan?

Dushanbe, Tajikistan's capital and largest city hosts a population of 778,500 people, and between 1929 and 1961 the city was known as Stalinabad.

What continent is Tajikistan?

Tajikistan, officially Republic of Tajikistan, Tajik Tojikiston or Jumhurii Tojikiston, Tajikistan also spelled Tadzhikistan, country lying in the heart of Central Asia.

Is Tajikistan part of Russia?

In 1929 Tajikistan was made one of the component republics of the Soviet Union – Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR) – and it kept that status until gaining independence 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It has since experienced three changes in government and the Tajik civil war.

Is Tajikistan in the Middle East?

Some of the countries bordering Iran and Afghanistan's north, such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, are sometimes included within the northern borders of the Middle East, but are other times seen as their own Central Asian region alongside Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Why is the capital of Tajikistan called Monday?

Dushanbe is the capital and largest city in Tajikistan. Its name means "Monday" in Persian language, having been built on the site of a Monday market.

Is Tajikistan democratic?

Tajikistan is officially a republic, and holds elections for the presidency and parliament, operating under a presidential system. It is, however, a dominant-party system, where the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan routinely has a vast majority in Parliament.

Is Tajikistan a poor country?

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Tajikistan has achieved remarkable poverty reduction in recent years, though it remains among the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia. The poverty rate fell from 66.8 percent in 2003 to 17.8 percent in 2015, measured at the lower middle- income country poverty line (US$ 3.2 in 2011 PPP terms).

Is Tajikistan a communist country?

Politics. Tajikistan, like all other republics in the Soviet Union, was officially a soviet republic governed by the Tajik republican branch within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in all organs of government, politics and society.

Is Tajikistan a Russian ally?

Both countries are close allies and members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the military alliance formed by the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Tajikistan hosts Russian military units and infrastructure in Central Asia.

What kind of country is Tajikistan?

A virtual guide to Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, a mountainous, landlocked country in central Asia, bordered by Afghanistan in south, Uzbekistan in west, Kyrgyzstan in north, and by China in east.