Tajikistan, [a] officially the Republic of Tajikistan, [b] is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital and most populous city. Tajikistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. It has a ...

Mar 15, 2025 · Tajikistan, country lying in the heart of Central Asia with its capital in Dushanbe. Of the Central Asian states, it has the smallest land area but the highest elevation. Its population is predominantly ethnic Tajiks, a traditionally sedentary people of Central Asia who speak a form of Persian and are mostly Sunni.

Tajiks (Persian: تاجيک، تاجک, romanized: Tājīk, Tājek; Tajik: Тоҷик, romanized: Tojik) is the name of various Persian-speaking [16] Eastern Iranian groups of people native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.Even though the term Tajik does not refer to a cohesive cross-national ethnic group, [17] [18] Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in ...

Mar 1, 2025 · The Tajiks are a Persian-speaking people of Central Asia located primarily in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and China’s Xinjiang province. The Tajiks are traditionally sedentary agriculturalists. Most Tajiks are Sunni Muslim.

The culture of Tajikistan has developed over several thousand years. Tajik culture can be divided into two areas, Metropolitan and Kuhiston (Highland). Modern city centres include Dushanbe (the capital), Khudjand, Kulob, and Panjikent. A family celebrating Eid in Tajikistan.

Apr 25, 2017 · Most modern Tajiks are speakers of Persian languages and adherents to Islam living in Central Asia. Although historically, some followed Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. The estimated total population of the Tajik people is about 16-20 million.

Mar 15, 2025 · Citizens of Tajikistan, regardless of ethnicity, are referred to as Tajikistanis. On the basis of language, customs, and other traits, the Tajiks can be subdivided into a number of distinct groups.

The Tajik people are of ethnic Persian descent and constitute the largest indigenous group in the country (about 65 percent of the population). Within this group are the Pamiris, who live in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province and number nearly forty thousand.

Oct 30, 2024 · Some key dates in Tajikistan's history: 8th Century - Tajiks emerge as distinct ethnic group; Arab invaders conquer Central Asia, including what is now Tajikistan, and introduce Islam. 9th/10th...

In the 11th century, the nomadic Turkic tribes called people "Tajiks" who lived in Central Asia, spoke Iranian and believed in Islam. Tajik people who had lived in various areas of Xinjiang and those who had moved from the western Pamirs to settle in Taxkorgan at different times are ancestors of the present-day Tajik ethnic group in China.