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Country name:

conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Turkmenistan
local long form: none
local short form: Turkmenistan
former: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

 

Capital:

Ashgabat

 

Location:

Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan

 

Area:

total: 488,100 sq km
land: 488,100 sq km

 

Location: Central Asia. Turkmenistan is bordered by the Caspian Sea to the west, Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the east, and Iran and Afghanistan to the south. 

 

Population: 5, 000, 000 
 

Official Language: Turkmen. Russian is also widely spoken. 

 

Economy- Overview:

 

Industries:

natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing

 

Raw materials: oil, natural gas, coal, precious non-ferrous and rare metals, Celestine, sulfur, betonies and kaolin clays, iodine, bromine, potassium and common salts, marble onyx, various construction materials, fresh subsoil, mineral waters 

 

Main exports: natural gas, oil, cotton, sulfur, hand-made carpets

 

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment 60%, foodstuffs 15%

 

Currency: 1 manat = 100 tenesi

 

 

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