Tajikistan

Notable facts

• More than 90% of Tajikistan is mountainous, and about half lies above 3,000 m.
• The Nurek Dam was for decades the tallest dam in the world.
• Ismoil Somoni Peak, at 7,495 m, is the highest point of the former Soviet Union.
• Tajik is a variety of Persian, making Tajikistan the only Persian-speaking country in Central Asia.

World Heritage 5 sites

• Proto-urban Site of Sarazm 2010 · Cultural
• Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) 2013 · Natural
• Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 2023 · Cultural · shared between 3 countries

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National dish

Oshпалав Rice cooked with lamb, carrot and onion in a cast-iron kazan.

Qurutob — flatbread torn into a bowl and dressed with dried-yoghurt liquid and herbs — is the dish Tajikistan claims as its own rather than shared.