- Ashgabat - Wikipedia
Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat) [a] [b] is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan [8] It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border The city has a population of 1,030,063 (2022 census) Satellite view of Ashgabat
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- Ashgabat | Turkmenistan, Map, Population | Britannica
Ashgabat, city and capital of Turkmenistan It lies in an oasis at the northern foot of the Kopet-Dag (Turkmen: Köpetdag) Range and on the edge of the Karakum (Turkmen: Garagum) Desert, about 19 miles (30 km) from the Iranian frontier
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- Ashgabat Guide to white marble capital - Central Asia Guide
Ashgabat is a wealthy city packed with marble palaces, shining gold domes, and large expanses of polished streets Ashgabat means “the city of love” translated from the Arabic language and it was founded in 1881 The city is located 25 km north of the border with Iran, in the Kopet Dag foothills
- Ashgabat - New World Encyclopedia
Ashgabat (Aşgabat) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range, about 19 miles (30 kilometers) from the Iranian frontier The city is not far from the ancient capital of the Parthian Empire
- Aşgabat - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It also spelled as Ashgabat, Ashkabat, Ashkhabad, Ashgabad Aşgabat has a population of 695,300 (2001) and is between the Karakum desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range The name is believed to borrow from the Persian Ashk-abad meaning "the City of Arsaces"
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