Tajikistan
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Flag Description
Three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe.

Currency
Somoni

Astronomy
Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon.

Location
Central asia, west of china.

Climate
Midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in pamir mountains.

Terrain
Pamir and alay mountains dominate landscape; western fergana valley in north, kofarnihon and vakhsh valleys in southwest.

Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m. The highest point is at Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m.

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Tajikistan

This is a map of Tajikistan. The map illustrates the location of Dushanbe and its proximity to Panjakent, Garm, Khujand

Other countries on this map include: Uzbekistan / Afghanistan / China

Tajikistan News:
Tajikistan begins Central Asia's biggest mosque
The impoverished Central Asian nation of Tajikistan has begun work on a mosque which officials say will be the region's biggest, reports the BBC's Khayrullo Fayz.
'Militants' hunted in Tajikistan
Police and border agents from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hunt suspected militants along their shared border in Central Asia.

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