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                        General Information about Tajikistan

Tajikistan is one of the countries of central Asia. Tajikistan is neighbor: in north with Kyrgyzstan, in west with Uzbekistan, in south with Afghanistan and in east with China. Area of Tajikistan is 143.1 square km. Population of Tajikistan is about 7.5-8 million. Capital city of Tajikistan is Dushanbe which is one the most beautiful city of Tajikistan. President of Tajikistan is Emomali Rahmon and Prime Minister is  Akil Akilov . Tajikistan has its own constitution which appeared on 6 November 1994. Currency of Tajikistan is somoni National language of Tajikistan is Tajik language. Tajikistan consists of about 100 nations. 79% of population Tajikistan is Tajik, 15.3% are Uzbek, 1.1% is Russian people, 1.1% is Kyrgyz and others… Majority of people are Muslim maybe about 95%.  Ninety-three percent of Tajikistan's territory is mountainous, and the mountain glaciers are the source of its rivers. Tajikistan is an earthquake-prone area. The central Asian republic also includes the Badakhshan Autonomous region. Tajikistan is slightly larger than the state of Illinois. Tajikistan is divided into three provinces:

 

1)     Sughd

2)   Khatlon

3)   Badakhshan

The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Much of present-day Sughd province was transferred from the Uzbek SSR to the newly formed Tajik SSR in 1929. Ethnic Uzbeks form a substantial minority in Tajikistan. Tajikistan became independent in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union, and experienced a civil war between regional factions from 1992-97.
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President of Tajikistan with his wife: 

 

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Navruz is one of the oldest Holiday of Tajikistan. It symbolizes the coming of the spring. We can say that the nature is wake up from its sleep. From this day the night and day become equal. The word “Navruz” consist of two Tajik words, which is: ”Nav”-new and “Ruz”-day. So they means new day. Also from the beginning of Navruz, people begin their work in farms. 

Navruz is one of the oldest Holiday of Tajikistan. It symbolizes the coming of the spring.

Traditions in Navruz:  Usually the family celebrate it with national food which called Sumanak. Sumanak cooks from night till morning. Each member of the family must combine it no less than ones. Navruz can not be imagined without Sumanak. What is Sumanak?

Sumanak is traditional food of Tajik people which cooked only in Navruz. Sumanak is cooked from wheat. It is difficult to cook Sumanak lonely. It is usually cooked with neighbor co-workers etc. Many people come together to cook Sumanak and cooking Sumanak takes long time. During cooking people do some interesting activities such as dancing, singing etc. Here is some pictures about Sumanak: