Tajikistan

Asia
Central Asia, west of China.

39 00 N, 71 00 E

President Emomalii Rahmon

Capital
Dushanbe

Government
Unitary semi-presidential republic

Religion
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10%

Population
7,487,489

Ethnic group
Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6%.

National Language                     
Tajik
            
National Day
9 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

Anthem
Surudi Milli

Currency
Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6%.

Attractions
Archaeological museum,  Gissar Castle,  Monument to Ismael Samani, Rukhak observing tower,  Sheykh Muslihiddin's mosque-medresse,  Urda city fortress 

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Hisor Hisor  is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe. It is the capital of Hisor District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799-824 m, surrounded by high mountains (Gissar Range to the north, Babatag and Aktau ranges to the south). The Khanaka River, a tributary to the Kofarnihon River, flows through the town. As of 2002, it had a population of 22,961, composed 81.6% of Tajiks, 12.3% Uzbeks, 3.6% Russians, and 2.5% others. It was once an independent Khanate, and then the winter residence of the governor of East Bukhara. The large fort is said to date back to Cyrus the Great and to have been captured twenty one times. Hisor was made a city on June 26, 1993.