Area 143,100 sq km (55,521 sq mi)
Poplation 6,864,000
Capital city Dushanbe (529,000)
Government Transitional democrazy
Ethnicity Groups: Tajik 65%, Uzbek 25%, Russian
Language Tajik (official), Russian
Religions Islam (Sunni Muslim 85%)
Currency Somoni = 100 dirams

The Republic of Tajikistan is one of the five central Asian republic that formed part of the former Soviet Union.

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