Worth knowing
Tajikistan
The glacier, long known as the Fedchenko, winds for 77 km through the Pamir mountains. In places its ice is a kilometre thick.
Where its story happens
The Fedchenko Glacier, at 38.77°N, 72.28°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Tajikistan
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Tajikistan, in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan and west of China. See Tajikistan on a map.
- Its capital, Dushanbe, is named after the Persian word for Monday, the day of its old weekly market.
- Most of Central Asia speaks Turkic languages, but its national language is a form of Persian.
- Mountains cover more than 90% of it, including much of the Pamirs, known as the 'Roof of the World'.
- The longest glacier outside the polar regions, 77 km of ice, lies in this country's mountains.