Tajikistan (i/tɑːˈdʒiːkᵻstɑːn/, /təˈdʒiːkᵻstæn/, or /tæˈdʒiːkiːstæn/; Persian: تاجيكستان‎‎ Тоҷикистон [tɔd͡ʒikɪsˈtɔn]), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Persian: جمهورى تاجيكستان‎‎ Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriji Toçikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Russian: Респу́блика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan), is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated 8 million people in 2013, and an area of 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi). It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Pakistan lies to the south, separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present-day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Where is Tajikistan located?
in Central Asia
Tajikistan (i/tɑːˈdʒiːkᵻstɑːn/, /təˈdʒiːkᵻstæn/, or /tæˈdʒiːkiːstæn/; Persian: تاجيكستان‎‎ Тоҷикистон [tɔd͡ʒikɪsˈtɔn]), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Persian: جمهورى تاجيكستان‎‎ Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriji Toçikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Russian: Респу́блика Таджикистан, Respublika Tadzhikistan), is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated 8 million people in 2013, and an area of 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi).
Tajikistan (i/ta:'dZi:ksta:n/, /t@'dZi:kstaen/, or /tae'dZi:ki:staen/; Persian: tjykstn Toch'ikiston [todZikIs'ton]), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Persian: jmhwr~ tjykstn Tajik: Ch'umkh'urii Toch'ikiston, Cumhuriji Tocikiston/Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Russian: Respublika Tadzhikistan, Respublika Tadzhikistan), is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated eight million people in twenty thirteen, and an area of one hundred forty-three thousand, one hundred kmtwo (fifty-five thousand, three hundred sq mi).
Where is Tajikistan located?