| Name: | Tajikistan (Republic of Tajikistan) |
| Local name (Tajik): | Тоҷикистон (Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон) |
| Bordering countries: | Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, China, Kirghizia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 143.1 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 6 864 ths. |
| Capital: | Dushanbeh (Душанбе) |
| Official language: | Tajik |