Tajikistan's capital city Dushanbe means "Monday" in Persian because the city was once a village that sat at the crossroads of a very popular weekly market that took place every Monday.

The Tajik language acquired a lot of words from Russian. It had also evolved on the territory of classical new-Persian. The official Tajik language is based on the Dushanbe dialect. In 1940, they finally introduced the Russian alphabet that is used until today.

The nine-story national library containing approximately 10 million books is the largest library in Central Asia.

For women in Tajikistan, a natural unibrow is a traditional sign of beauty. Those girls who were not gifted with bushy eyebrows use a special leafy green herb called "usma".

The Luban Workshop helps young people in Tajikistan acquire vocational skills in measurement-related majors and thermal energy majors.

Tajikistan is the smallest country in Central Asia but also the most mountainous. Ismoil Somoni Peak, also known as Communism Peak, stands at 7,495 meters tall.

The landlocked Tajikistan has a continental climate, with hot, dry summers and mild winters. 

Tajikistan is enhancing cooperation with China to establish manufacturing facilities, aiming to promote the localization of electric vehicle production.