Tajikistan is a sovereign state. Capital: Dushanbe. Form of government: presidential system. Legislature: Supreme Assembly. Official language(s): Tajik. Population: about 9,504,000 (2021). Area: about 143,100 km².
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Sovereign state
Tajikistan is a sovereign state. Capital: Dushanbe. Form of government: presidential system. Legislature: Supreme Assembly. Official language(s): Tajik. Population: about 9,504,000 (2021). Area: about 143,100 km².
Party of the incumbent head of government
authoritarianism, nationalism, anti-communism
social democracy, anti-fascism, Marxism–Leninism
Head of state · president of Tajikistan