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Tajikistan
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Tajikistan təjĭkĭstänˈ [key], officially Republic of Tajikistan, republic (2015 est. pop. 8,192,000), 55,251 sq mi (143,100 sq km), central Asia. It borders on China in the east, Afghanist...Badakhshan, autonomous province, Tajikistan
(Encyclopedia)Badakhshan, autonomous province, Tajikistan: see Gorno-Badakhshan. ...Dushanbe
(Encyclopedia)Dushanbe do͞oshănˈbə, –shänˈ– [key], city, capital of Tajikistan, W Tajikis...Ismoili Somoni Peak
(Encyclopedia)Ismoili Somoni Peak, 24,590 ft (7,495 m) high, NW Tajikistan, in the Pamir; the highest point in Tajikistan. Originally called Garmo Peak, it was determined (1932–33) the highest peak in the USSR an...Lenin Peak
(Encyclopedia)Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina Peak, formerly Kaufmann Peak koufˈmən [key], 23,405 ft (7,134 m) high, on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Also known as Kuh-i-Gamo [warm mountain], it is the highest ...Tadjiks
(Encyclopedia)Tadjiks: see Tajikistan.Khodzhent
(Encyclopedia)Khodzhent: see Khudjand, Tajikistan. ...Khujand
(Encyclopedia)Khujand, Tajikistan: see Khudjand. ...Leninabad
(Encyclopedia)Leninabad: see Khudjand, Tajikistan. ...Stalinabad
(Encyclopedia)Stalinabad: see Dushanbe, Tajikistan. ...Browse by Subject
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