Tajikistan: Flag and Facts
Tajikistan's flag has a red top stripe, a wider white middle and a green bottom, with a gold crown under an arc of seven gold stars in the center.
- Official name
- Republic of Tajikistan
- Capital
- Dushanbe
- Region
- Central Asia
- Population
- 11 million (2025)
- Languages
- Russian, Tajik
- Currency
- Tajikistani somoni
- Area
- 143,100 km² (55,251 sq mi)
- People
- Tadzhik
- Calling code
- +992
- Highest point
- Qullai Somoniyon 7,495 m
- Independence
- 9 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
- National symbols
- arc of seven five-pointed stars over a crown, Marco Polo sheep
- Borders
- Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
About Tajikistan
Russian imperial rule reached the Tajik people in the 1860s and 1870s. After the 1917 revolution, local guerrillas called basmachi fought Bolshevik control until 1925. Tajikistan started as an autonomous unit inside the Uzbek Soviet republic in 1924 and became its own republic in 1929. Independence came on 9 September 1991, and a civil war among rival factions ran from 1992 to 1997.
Almost the whole landlocked country is mountains. The Alay range rises up north, the Pamirs fill the southeast, where the climate turns polar at height. The Fergana Valley lies to the north, and the Kofirnihon and Vakhsh valleys are in the southwest. About 10.6 million people live here, and Dushanbe, the capital, has around 987,000.
Did you know?
- Qullai Somoniyon soars to 7,495 meters, the highest point in the country.
- The Marco Polo sheep is one of Tajikistan's national symbols.
- Seven stars appear on the flag because seven is seen as a number of perfection.
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Questions about Tajikistan
What languages are spoken in Tajikistan?
Tajik and Russian are both listed. The currency is the somoni.
What does the crown on the Tajik flag mean?
The crown symbolizes the Tajik people.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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