Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia with an area of 143,100 km² (55,300 sq mi) and an estimated population of 9,537,645 people. Its capital and largest city is Dushanbe. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north and China to the east. The traditional homelands of the Tajik people include present-day Tajikistan as well as parts of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

Religion: Islam, the predominant religion throughout Central Asia, was brought to the region by the Arabs in the 7th century. Since that time, Islam has become an integral part of Tajik culture. Tajikistan is a secular country, but the post-Soviet era has seen a marked increase in religious practice in the country. The majority of Tajikistan’s Muslims adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam, and a smaller group belongs to the Shia branch of Islam. The Russian Orthodox faith is the most widely practiced of other religions, although the Russian community shrank significantly in the early 1990s. Some other small Christian groups now enjoy relative freedom of worship. Tajikistan also has a small Jewish community

Population: The current population of Armenia is 2,968,745, based on World meter elaboration of the latest United Nations data.Armenia 2020 population is estimated at 2,963,243 people at midyear according to UN data. Armenia population is equivalent to 0.04% of the total world population.Armenia ranks number 137 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.The population density in Armenia is 104 per Km² (270 people per mi²).The total land area is 28,470 Km2 (10,992 sq. miles)62.8 % of the population is urban (1,860,554 people in 2020).The median age in Armenia is 35.4 years.

Capital: The capital city of Tajikistan is called Dushanbe. The name means Monday in the local Tajik dialect. Traditionally, every Monday the locals met to conduct trade in the region. Gradually the town developed into the capital city and officially retained the name. It is located near Rivers Varzob and Kafenion.

Major cities in  Tajikistan                                                   

Dushanbe, Khujand, khorugh, quarghonteppa, sarazm, kulab, taboshar, murghab.