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Turkmenistan

TURKMENISTAN

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TURKMENISTAN Turkmenistan

Capital Ashgabat
Largest City Ashgabat
Land Area 188,456 mi2

Population

  • Total 5,180,000
  • Density 28.5 people/mi2
  • Growth 1.33% per year
  • Children 28.88%
  • Adult 66.85%
  • Elderly 4.264%

Bordering Countries
Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

* Statistics by Wolfram|Alpha. "Christianity" is used in the statistical sense and includes Catholics, Protestants, and true Christians.

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Turkmenistan , also known as Turkmenia, is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR). Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, Uzbekistan to the east and northeast, Kazakhstan to the north and northwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.

Turkmenistan's GDP growth rate of 6.1% in 2009 ranks 16th in the world, but these figures are subject to wide margins of error. It possesses the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas resources. Although it is wealthy in natural resources in certain areas, most of the country is covered by the Karakum (Black Sand) Desert.

The Turkmen government operates as a single-party system, which does not meet even the most basic standards of democracy. Turkmenistan was ruled by President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov (called "Türkmenba?y" — "leader of the Turkmens") until his sudden death on December 21, 2006. Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov was elected the new president on February 11, 2007.

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