Portal:Tajikistan

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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
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The territory was previously home to cultures of the

Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, and Mongol Empire. After being ruled by the Timurid Empire and Khanate of Bukhara, the Timurid Renaissance flourished. The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire and subsequently by the Soviet Union. Within the Soviet Union, the country's borders were drawn when it was part of Uzbekistan as an autonomous republic before becoming a full-fledged Soviet republic in 1929. (Full article...
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The Tajikistan national association football team represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan Football Federation. (Full article...)
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... Tajikistan is one of the main homes of Marco Polo sheep which have been known to grow horns over six feet long and weighing up to 60 lb (27 kg).
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