Interesting Facts about Tajikistan

Tajikistan Interesting Facts

Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a country in Central Asia. Here are some interesting facts about Tajikistan:

• Tajikistan is independent from the Soviet Union since 1991.

• Tajikistan has the world’s longest glacier outside the polar regions.

• Dushanbe is the capital city of Tajikistan. The capital city of Tajikistan means Monday in Persian.

• The world’s second-highest dam is located in Tajikistan.

• National Sports of Tajikistan are Gushtingiri and Buzkashi.

• Earthquakes in Tajikistan occur frequently.

• Tajikistan has more than 900 rivers.

• Tajikistan has a lake named after Alexander the Great.

• There is a Wakhan Corridor which separates Pakistan and Tajikistan.

• Tajikistan is a land-locked country in Central Asia.

• Tajikistan means “place of the Tajik”.

• Tajikistan has become part of the Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan conquered the country.

• Tajikistan was the heart of the Great Silk Road.

• Over 90% of Tajikistan land considered upland.

• In 2016, Tajikistan began building the world’s tallest dam.

• Tajikistan has the world’s second-tallest flagpole.

• Tajikistan’s official languages are Russian and Tajik.
   
• Tajikistan shares land borders with Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

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