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Ashgabat

Capital and largest city of Turkmenistan

Ashgabat is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.

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1881The city of Ashgabat is founded on the basis of an Ahal Teke tribal village.
1924Ashgabat is made the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, known as Poltoratsk.
1919The city is renamed Poltoratsk after local revolutionary Pavel Poltoratskiy.

Nearby Places

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Ruhyýet Palace

Palace in the capital city of Ashgabat in Turkmenistan

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Oguzhan Presidential Palace

Official residence of the president of Turkmenistan

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Grand Turkmen Hotel

Turkmen Carpet Museum

National museum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts

Art museum in Turkeministan

State Library of Turkmenistan

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Independence Square, Ashgabat

Square in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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Magtymguly Musical and Drama Theater