Turkmenistan (Türkmenistan Turkmen )

Official name: Republic of Turkmenistan
Also known as: Türkmenistan (Turkmen)

Flag of Turkmenistan
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.)
Ethnic groups of Turkmenistan: Turkmen 86.7%, Uzbek 9.1%, Russian 1.6%, Baloch 1.2%, others 1.3% (2022 est.)
Currency: Manat (TMT)
Time zone: UTC+05:00 (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)
note: Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea. Its coastline with the Caspian Sea is 1,768 km (1,099 mi).

Administrative divisions of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan Map

5 provinces (velayatlar, singular - velayat) and 1 independent city*:
Ahal Velayat (Arkadag), Ashgabat*, Balkan Velayat (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Velayat, Lebap Velayat (Turkmenabat), Mary Velayat.
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.