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Updates: 

Update 8 to Geopolitical Entities and Codes, the successor to FIPS standard 10-4, is dated 2012-05-01. It assigns codes to the two subdivisions that were missing them.

FIPS Publication Change Notice No. 9, affecting FIPS PUB 10-4, was issued on 2004-10-01. It shows the change of the name of Leninobod oblast to Sogd.

Dushanbe is administratively separate from the Regions of Republican Subordination, but geographically surrounded by it. ISO probably intends it to be treated as part of R.R.S. When R.R.S. included Dushanbe, its HASC code was TJ.KR.

ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard) was published in late 1996, and didn't list any subdivisions of Tajikistan. After comments, the actual standard ISO 3166-2 was published (1998-12-15). It now showed three regions (Karategin, Khatlon, and Leninabad) and one autonomous region (Gorno-Badakhshan). Its fourth update, ISO 3166-2 Newsletter number I-4 (2002-12-10), changed the name of Leninabad region to Sughd. It also deleted Karategin region, without providing a replacement. It confessed that the "Regions of Republican Subordination" is now bereft of a code. The Tajik authorities have been contacted for better information.

Country overview: 

Short name	TAJIKISTAN
ISO code	TJ
FIPS code	TI
Language	Tajik (tg)
Time zone	+5
Capital	Dushanbe

 

In 1900, the territory that now constitutes Tajikistan was partly in the Khanate of Bukhara, and partly in the Ferghana, Pamir, and Zarafshan regions of the Turkestan general government of the Russian Empire. During the Russian Revolution, the status of the Central Asian lands was unresolved for a time. The Turkestan A.S.S.R. was formed in 1921. In 1924, the Central Asian part of the Soviet Union was reorganized to correspond to the distribution of nationalities. The Tadzhikskaya Associated Soviet Socialist Republic was created then. It became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1929. As the Soviet Union broke up, it became Tajikistan, an independent country, on 1991-09-09.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Tadsjikistan
2. Dutch: Tadzjikistan, Republiek Tadzjikistan (formal)
3. English: Republic of Tajikistan (formal)
4. Finnish: Tadžikistan
5. French: Tadjikistan m
6. German: Tadschikistan n
7. Icelandic: Tadsjikistan
8. Italian: Tagikistan m
9. Norwegian: Tadsjikistan, Republikken Tadsjikistan (formal)
10. Portuguese: Tajiquistão, Tadjiquistão, República f do Tajiquistão m (formal)
11. Russian: Республика Таджикистан (formal)
12. Spanish: Tayikistán m
13. Swedish: Tadzjikistan
14. Tajik: Jumhurii Tojikiston (formal), Respublika i Tojikiston (formal)
15. Turkish: Tacikistan, Tacikistan Cumhuriyeti (formal)

Origin of name: 

Land of the Tajiks

Primary subdivisions: 

Tajikistan is divided into three viloyatho (sing. viloyat: regions), one viloiati mukhtori (or viloyati avtonomii: autonomous region), and one independent city.

Region	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Badakhshoni Kuni	TJ.BK	GB	TI01	206,000	63,700	24,600	Horog (Khorog)
Dushanbe	TJ.DU	KR	TI04	562,000	300	100	Dushanbe (Stalinabad)
Regions of Republican Subordination	TJ.RR		TI05	1,338,000	28,400	11,000
Khatlon	TJ.KL	KT	TI02	2,151,000	24,600	9,500	Qurghonteppa (Kurgan-Tyube)
Sogd	TJ.LE	SU	TI03	1,870,000	26,100	10,100	Khujand (Leninabad)
5 divisions				6,127,000	143,100	55,300
Region: Badakhshoni Kuni is an autonomous region. Dushanbe is an independent city. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Province codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "TJ-" to the code (ex: TJ-KT represents Khatlon). FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard. FIPS doesn't list Karategin, possibly because it's not a region. The name given for TI01 is Kuhistoni Badakhshon. Population: 2000-01-20 census. Capital: Modern name in Tajik (old Soviet name in parentheses).

Postal codes: 

Tajikistan uses six-digit postal codes. The first two digits indicate the region, and the middle two indicate the raion. These codes are left over from the Soviet regime, and all begin with '7'.

Further subdivisions:

See the Raions of Tajikistan page.

Tajikistan is subdivided into 62 raions, 14 cities, and two hukumats (city councils).

Territorial extent: 

Sogd includes an exclave around the town of Vorukh, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan; and another exclave northwest of Kokand, in Uzbekistan. There is also a very small portion of Tajikistan enclaved within Kyrgyzstan north of Isfana.

Origins of names: 

1. Dushanbe: = Monday (from market day)

Change history: 

1. 1920-10-05: Khanate of Bukhara became a Soviet Republic.
2. 1921-04-11: Turkestan A.S.S.R. formed from Amu-Darya, Ferghana, Pamir, Samarkand, Semirechensk, and Syr Darya regions, and the southern part of Transcaspian.
3. 1924-10: Turkestan A.S.S.R. and Bukhara reorganized into several units, one of which was the Uzbekskaya S.S.R. The Tadzhikskaya A.S.S.R., in turn, was part of the Uzbekskaya S.S.R.
4. 1927: Gorno-Badakhshanskaya A.Obl. formed.
5. 1929-10-15: Tadzhikskaya A.S.S.R. split from Uzbekskaya S.S.R., and its status changed to S.S.R. Name of country's capital changed from Dyushambe to Stalinabad.
6. 1936: Name of Khodjent and its capital changed to Leninabad.
7. 1950: Divisions were Gorno-Badakhshan A.Obl., Gharm Oblast, Kulyab Oblast, Leninabad Oblast, and the rest of Tadzhikskaya S.S.R. around Dushanbe. Gharm is now eastern Regions of Republican Subordination.
8. 1961: Name of capital changed back to Dushanbe.
9. 1991-02: Name of capital of Leninobod changed from Leninabad to Khujand.
10. 1993: Kulob and Qurghonteppa regions merged to form Khatlon. Before the change, the capitals had the same names as the regions. The old Russian names were Kulyab and Kurgan-Tyube.
11. 2000-08: Leninobod oblast renamed Sogd. Before this change, its ISO code was TJ-LN. The name Sogd evidently comes from that of an ancient region of central Asia, called Sogdiana by English-speaking scholars. Its capital in the Middle Ages was Samarkand, which is now in Uzbekistan.

Other names of subdivisions: 

1. Badakhshoni Kuni: Autonomes Gebiet der Berg-Badachschanen (German, obsolete); Haut-Badakhchan (French); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon (Tajik); Горно-Бадахшан, Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область (Russian)
2. Dushanbe: Douchanbé (French); Dusambé (Spanish); Duşanbe (Turkish); Душанбе (Russian)
3. Khatlon: Hationskaya oblast', Hatlonskaja oblast' (variant); Хатлон (Russian)
4. Kulob: Koulab (French); Kulab (variant); Куляб (Russian)
5. Qurghonteppa: Kourgan-Tioubé (French); Qurghan Teppa (variant); Курган-Тюбе (Russian)
6. Regions of Republican Subordination: Districts of the republican subordination, Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhurí, Rayons and towns of republic subordination (variant); Karategin (obsolete); Karateguin (French, obsolete); Karotegin, Markazi (variant, obsolete); Районы и города республиканского подчинения (Russian)
7. Sogd: Hodžent, Khodzhent, Khujand (variant, obsolete); Leninobod (obsolete); Sogdiyskaya oblast', Sogdskaja oblast' (Russian); Sughd (variant); Ленинабад (Russian-obsolete); Согдийская область (Russian)