!!!Tajikistan %%image_right [{LeafletMap script='/scripts/leaflet/story-map.js' width='500' height='400' initmap('/storymap/tajikistan.geojson','Tajikistan','39.000000','71.000000',contId,3); }] %% ''As a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan became an independent nation in 1991. A civil war was fought almost immediately after independence, lasting from 1992 to 1997. Most of Tajikistan's 8 million people belong to the Tajik ethnic group, who speak Tajik (Persian), although many people also speak Russian.'' *Tajikistan is a land locked country. *Tajikistan has largest boundary with Afghanistan which is approximately 1206 km. *Tajikistan has shortest boundary with China which is approximately 414 km. *The largest river in Tajikistan is Syr Darya which is 3080 km. *The largest export partner of Tajikistan is Turkey. *The largest import partner of Tajikistan is China. *There is 1 seaport in Tajikistan. !!Tourist Attraction [Mountains cover more than 90 percent of this Central Asian republic.|http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/tajikistan-guide] !!National Facts * The national dish of Tajikistan is O'sh (pilaf). [{Image class='image_block' src='PIlaf.jpg' caption='Pilaf \\Foto: source: [Wikicommons|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilaf#/media/File:Polu.jpg] unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]' alt='' width='450' height='338' popup='false'}] !References #Text marked as italic is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan unter [CC|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at]