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the name "tajik" may derive from the name of a pre-islamic tribe, perhaps of zoroastrian origin, and means "crown" or "royalty." the tajik people are of ethnic persian descent and constitute the largest indigenous group in the country (about 65 percent of the population). within this group are the pamiris, who live in the gorno-badakhshan autonomous province and number nearly forty thousand. the pamiris speak a different language and belong to the ismaili shiite sect of islam, while tajiks are sunni. gorno-badakhshon is surrounded by mountains, and is isolated for most of the year. other ethnic groups that were caught within the country as the borders in central asia were redrawn during the soviet era include uzbeks, kyrgyz, turkmen, kazakhs, uyghur, and bukharan and european jews. beginning in the eighteenth century, many russians migrated to the area as soldiers and laborers. other nonindigenous ethnic groups include crimean tartars, ukrainians, belorussians, georgians, osetians, koreans, and armenians. when tajikistan won independence in 1991, a struggle for power between the clans developed into a civil war. at that time, islamic fundamentalists wanted to create an islamic state. political instability led to a collapsing infrastructure, corruption, and extreme poverty. location and geography. tajikistan borders afghanistan to the south, china to the east, kyrgystan to the north, and uzbekistan to the west and has a land area of 58,809 square miles (143,100 square kilometers). there are numerous glaciers. the fergana valley in the northern region is densely populated. it is separated from the rest of the country by mountains from which the syrdariya and amu darya rivers bring rich soil deposits. in the soviet era, the vakhsh river was dammed for irrigation and electric power, and factories were built along its banks. hot summers and frigid winters characterize the climate. the high mountain ridges protect the fergana valley and other lowlands from arctic air masses, but temperatures drop below freezing more than one-hundred days a year. the isolation of the pamiri has kept them close to their ancient traditions. although the people of the khujand (leninobad) region also are isolated, they are more accessible to the other republics. they were the ruling clan in the soviet era. dushanbe (stalinobod from 1929 to 1961), the capital, is in the west-central region and is the largest city. in 1924, it was chosen to be the capital of the new autonomous republic because of its low population and central location. read more: http://www.everyculture.com/sa-th/tajikistan.html#ixzz3ir7vbduc
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