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Tajikistan


(tah-JIK-uh-stan, tah-JIK-uh-stahn, tah-JEE-kuh-stan, tah-JEE-kuh-stahn) Republic in central Asia, bounded by Uzbekistan to the west and northwest, Kyrgyzstan to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. Its capital and largest city is Dushanbe.	1
‡ This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1991.	2
‡ Tajikistan is predominantly Muslim.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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