Flag of Tajikistan

🎨 What the flag means

Tajikistan's flag has red, white and green stripes, with a golden crown and seven stars in the wide white stripe. Red stands for the unity of the nation, white for purity and the snowy mountains and cotton, and green for fertile valleys. The crown stands for the Tajik people, and seven is a number linked with perfection and happiness.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

9.5 million (2021)

🏙️ Capital

Dushanbe1.2 million people (2022)

🗣️ Main language

TajikAlso official: Russian

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Mountains cover more than 90 percent of Tajikistan, and most of the country is over 3,000 metres high.
2. Tajikistan has more than 900 rivers that are longer than 10 kilometres.
3. Craftspeople from Tajikistan built a teahouse as a gift for Boulder, Colorado, its sister city in the United States.