(WIPO code: TJ) (latest review October 2020)
by Mr. Nazirbek A. Nazirov, LL.M., Partner, Samadov, Abdullaev & Nazirov, Dushanbe
Tajikistan
General Information
Area
143,100 sq. km.
Population
8,873,669 (estimated July 2020).
Capital
Dushanbe, with about 916,000 inhabitants (2020).
Language
Tajik (Farsi).
Currency
Somoni.
General Remarks
Tajikistan used to be a part of the former Soviet Union. The Republic declared its independence on September 9, 1991. The Patent Office of Tajikistan (National Center for Patents and Information) was established in August 1993.