The Government of Tajikistan
Overview
- Capital: Dushanbe
- Administrative regions: 2 regions (Sughd, Khatlon), the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, and Districts of Republican Subordination
- Government & legal system: Presidential republic; civil law system. (government site)
- Head of state / government: Emomali Rahmon, President (official page)
- Official language(s): Tajik (state language); Russian used as an inter-ethnic language
- National Day: September 9 (Independence Day, 1991)
- Independence: September 9, 1991 (from the USSR)
- Other official holidays: Nowruz (Mar 21), National Unity Day (Jun 27), Constitution Day (Nov 6)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official site)
- Regional / international memberships: United Nations/ UN, Commonwealth of Independent States/ CIS, Collective Security Treaty Organization/ CSTO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization/ SCO; Eurasian Economic Union observer
- Visa / entry requirements: E-visa system available for most nationalities. (visa info)
- Currency: Tajikistani somoni (TJS) — notes depict national monuments and the historical ruler Ismoil Somoni, for whom the currency is named.
- Flag symbolism: Horizontal red-white-green bands with a golden crown topped by seven stars centered on the white band — red represents state sovereignty, white represents cotton, green represents agriculture; the crown and stars symbolize national unity.
