Tajikistan

Destinations (4)

Panjakent

Penjikent is a city in Tajikistan.

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Zeravshan

valley including the Fan Mountains, one of Central Asia's prime trekking and climbing destinations.

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Khujand

city in Tajikistan

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Dushanbe

capital of Tajikistan

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Sights (9)

Tajik National University

On Rudaki an other nice building at #33 Tajik Academy of Sciences

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Zeravshan River

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Iskanderkul

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Dushanbe Zoo

The number of animals kept is about 600 on the area: 67000 m². This is the only institution of this kind in the country. Animals are indigenous and foreign species. Couple of the most exotic animals of its lion, jaguar and snow leopard. The local fauna are represented by brown bears, black bears, Bactrian camel, donkey, wolf, jackal, fox, raccoon, and some birds like owl, vulture, golden eagle, falcon. Also some reptiles, like snakes, caymans, lizards are displayed indoors.

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Palace of Unity

It is the headquarters of the ruling People's Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences

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Victory Park, Dushanbe

Hike to the top for a seasonal tiki-themed beer garden offering views of the city. The truly brave can take the rickety gondola. Also there is the Victory Memorial.

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Dushanbe Flagpole

The second tallest free-standing flagpole in the world (162 m). This flagpole flies an 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft) flag of Tajikistan, weighing 700 kilograms (1,500 lb).

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Zeravshanskaya Dolina

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Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe

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Someday we will visit Tajikistan or begin to dream about going there! However, for now its not on our radar. Let us know in the comments if you think that should change!

Tajikistan

Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia that borders Afghanistan to the south, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and Uzbekistan to the west and northwest. The ancient Silk Road passed through it. The nation is unique in that the majority culture is non-Turkic, unlike its neighbors to the north and west and east. Tajikistan is the poorest country out of the former Soviet states, the poorest country in Central Asia and one of the world's poorest, largely owing to a devastating civil war that broke out shortly after independence in 1991.

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Nearby countries

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It has the largest population among all the Central Asian countries, and a heritage of the Silk Road.

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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan (Кыргызстан, formally the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасы) is a Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the southeast. Annexed by Russia in 1876, it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It has the most liberal tourist visa policy in Central Asia and one of the more progressive post-Soviet governments in the region. It is called the Switzerland of Central Asia.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked and mountainous country in the heart of Asia, bordered by Pakistan to the south and east, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north. There is a short border with China to the far northeast, but in extremely inaccessible terrain. The country has great many valleys.

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