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Overview
- Capital:
- Dushanbe
- Area:
- 143,100 km²
- Population:
- 7,320,815 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- Tajik (official), Russian.
- Religion(s):
- Sunni Muslim - 85%, Shi’a Muslim - 5%, others - 10%.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- Tajik - 79.9%, Uzbek - 15%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz - 1.1% others - 2.6%.