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Tajikistan

Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Afghanistan. The Pamir Mountains cover much of its east, and its official language, Tajik, is a variety of Persian written in Cyrillic script.

The still blue water of Iskanderkul below the steep grey ridges of the Fann Mountains, Tajikistan

Iskanderkul, in the Fann Mountains

Photo: Adam Harangozó, CC BY-SA 4.0

Adopted in 1992, the year after independence. A gold crown under an arc of seven stars sits on a wide white band between red and green; the white is commonly linked to cotton, a major crop.

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