Whatever the yardstick – geographic, linguistic, cultural, historical, economic – Tajikistan’s a country that revels in the obscure.
Most locals speak Tajik, a modern Persian dialect in a region overwhelmingly Turkic; the landscape is absurdly altitudinous, its borders a result of arbitrary Soviet demarcations; the economy is propped up by overseas migrant remittances and illicit drug trafficking; and archaeological attractions run the gauntlet of Buddhist stupas, Silk Road bazaars and Zoroastrian ruins... What’s not to intrigue? Culturally captivating and naturally arresting, Tajikistan – arguably the Stans’ least developed land – is as enigmatic as countries come.
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Tajikistan at a glance
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CAPITAL CITY
Dushanbe
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POPULATION
9,750,000
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CURRENCY
Tajikistani Somoni
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LANGUAGE
Tajik, Russian
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TIME ZONE
GMT+5
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CALLING CODE
+992
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ELECTRICITY
Type C (European 2-pin)