Capital of Turkmenistan:
Ashgabat (Aşgabat)
Area of Turkmenistan: 488,100 km² (188,456 mi²) (
54th)
Population of Turkmenistan: 7,494,498 (
104nd) - (2024 est.)
Location: Central Asia
Languages of Turkmenistan: Turkmen (official) was spoken by 72% of the population,
Russian by 12%,
Uzbek by 9%, and other languages by 7% (including
Kazakh,
Tatar,
Ukrainian,
Azerbaijani,
Armenian,
Northern Kurdish,
Lezgian,
Persian,
Belarusian,
Erzya,
Korean,
Bashkir,
Karakalpak,
Ossetic,
Dargwa,
Lak,
Tajik,
Georgian,
Lithuanian,
Tabasaran, and
Dungan).
Religions of Turkmenistan: Muslim 95.8%,
no religion 3.0%,
Christian 1.1%,
other 0.1% (2020 est.)
Currency:
Manat (
TMT)
Calling code: (
+993)
Organizations: United Nations
Border countries (4):
Afghanistan 744 km (462 mi),
Iran 992 km (616 mi),
Kazakhstan 379 km (235 mi),
Uzbekistan 1,621 km (1,007 mi)
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
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note: Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea. Its coastline with the Caspian Sea is 1,768 km (1,099 mi).
Administrative divisions of Turkmenistan
5 provinces (velayatlar, singular - velayat)
and 1 independent city*:
Ahal Velayat (Arkadag), Ashgabat*, Balkan Velayat (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Velayat, Lebap Velayat (Turkmenabat), Mary Velayat.
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note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses).
Natural resources: petroleum,
natural gas,
sulfur,
salt.