Plan a trip to Tajikistan

Places to see in Tajikistan

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  KarakulUNESCO

  Qarokul

  Lake · Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

  Karakul or Qarokul is an endorheic lake, 25 km (16 mi) in diameter, located within a 52 km (32 mi) impact crater. It is located in the Tajik National Park in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: БорисМир (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  SarazmUNESCO

  Саразм

  Ruins · Sughd Province

  Sarazm is a town and also a jamoat in the city of Panjakent in Sughd Region, north-western Tajikistan. It dates back to the 4th millennium BC, with C14 dates ranging from 3900 to 2100 BC, and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bertramz (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Tigrovaya Balka Nature ReserveUNESCO

  Мамнуъгоҳи давлатии табии Бешаи Палангон

  Park & nature · Khatlon Province

  Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Tajikistan located at the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj Rivers forming the Amu Darya River. It stretches over 40 km (25 mi) from the south-west to the north-east with an area of 460 km2 (180 sq mi).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Мухаммадсолех Оев (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Tajik National ParkUNESCO

  Боғи миллии Тоҷикистон

  Park & nature

  Tajik National Park is a national park and nature reserve in eastern Tajikistan. It was established in 1992 and expanded in 2001 to include parts of the Pamir Mountains, the third-highest mountain system in the world.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Irene2005 (CC BY 2.0). Map

• Tohir CaravansaraiUNESCO

  Heritage site · Khatlon Region

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  Dushanbe

  Душанбе

  City

  Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. As of February 2023, Dushanbe had a population of 1,228,400, with this population being largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad, after Joseph Stalin.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Kondephy (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Khujand

  Хуҷанд

  City · Sughd Province

  Khujand, sometimes spelled Khodjent and formerly known as Leninabad from 1936 to 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of its northernmost Sughd province.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: EH (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Ismoil Somoni Peak

  Қуллаи Исмоили Сомонӣ

  Mountain · Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction

  Ismoil Somoni Peak is the highest mountain in Tajikistan, as well as the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union before Tajikistan's independence. The mountain is named after Ismail Samani, a ruler of the Samanid Empire. It is located in the Pamir Range.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jaan Künnap (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Khorog

  Хоруғ

  City · Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

  Khorog, also Khorugh or Kharagh, is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,500.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Alancordova (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Panjakent

  Панҷакент

  Town · Sughd Province

  Panjakent or Penjikent is a city in the Sughd province in western Tajikistan on the river Zeravshan, with a population of 52,500. It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana. The ruins of the old town are on the outskirts of the modern city.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Quatchenerlo (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Vanch-Yakh Glacier

  Пиряхи Ванҷях

  Landmark · Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

  The Fedchenko Glacier or the Vanch-Yakh Glacier is a large glacier in the Yazgulem Range, Pamir Mountains, of north-central Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. The glacier is long and narrow, currently extending for 77 kilometres (48 mi) and covering over 700 square kilometres (270 sq mi).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: А.А. Лебедев (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Sarez Lake

  кӯли Сарез

  Lake · Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

  Sarez Lake is a lake in Rushon District of Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. Its length is about 75.8 kilometres (47.1 mi), its depth about a few hundred meters, its water surface elevation about 3,263 metres (10,705 ft) above sea level, and volume of water over 16 cubic kilometres (3.8 cu mi).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Marat Nadjibaev (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map