Tajikistan Genealogy

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Tajikistan

Guide to Tajikistan ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Tajikistan is a country in Asia bordered by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Afghanistan. It was formerly ruled by Russia and the Soviet Union. The official language is Persian (Tajik).

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Genealogy records are kept at the local level in Tajikistan.

Regions and Districts

Tajikistan is divided into two regions (viloyatho, singular - viloyat), one autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor), and the districts under republic subordination.

1. Sughd Region (Viloyati Sughd/Вилояти Суғд)
   
2. Districts under Republic Subordination (Rajony respublikanskogo podchineniya/Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ)
   
3. Khatlon Region (Viloyati Xatlon/Вилояти Хатлон)
   
4. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (Badaxşon/Бадахшон)