Turkmenistan: Ane o the Turkic states in Central Asie
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Turkmenistan (Turkmen:Türkmenistan), cried Turkmenia (Roushie:Туркмения) an aa, is ane o the Turkic states in Central Asie. Till 1991, it wis a constituent republic o the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR). Turkmenistan is ane o the sax independent Turkic states. It is bordered bi Afghanistan tae the sootheast, Iran tae the sooth an soothwast, Uzbekistan tae the east an northeast, Kazakhstan tae the north an northwast an the Caspian Sea tae the wast.
Turkmenistan Türkmenistan (Turkmen) | |
|---|---|
Anthem: Garaşsyz Bitarap Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gimni State Anthem o Independent, Neutral Turkmenistan | |
.svg) Location o Turkmenistan (reid) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Ashgabat 37°58′N 58°20′E / 37.967°N 58.333°E |
| Offeecial leids | Turkmen |
| Inter-ethnic leids | Roushie |
| Ethnic groups (2003) | |
| Demonym(s) | Turkmen |
| Govrenment | Unitary dominant-pairty presidential republic unner an Authoritarian Regime |
• Preses | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow |
• Chairman o the Mejlis | Akja Nurberdiýewa |
| Legislatur | Mejlis |
| Formation | |
| 1511 | |
• Turkestan ASSR | 30 Apryle 1918 |
| 13 Mey 1925 | |
• Declared state sovereignty | 22 August 1990 |
• Declared unthirldom frae the Soviet Union | 27 October 1991 |
• Recognised | 26 December 1991 |
• Current constitution | 18 Mey 1992 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 491,210 km2 (189,660 sq mi) (53rd) |
• Water (%) | 4.9 |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 5,171,943 (117t) |
• Density | 10.5/km2 (27.2/sq mi) (221st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $103.987 billion |
• Per capita | $18,771 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $42.355 billion |
• Per capita | $7,645 |
| Gini (1998) | 40.8 medium |
| HDI (2014) |  0.688medium · 109t |
| Currency | Turkmen new manat (TMT) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (TMT) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +993 |
| ISO 3166 code | TM |
| Internet TLD | .tm |
Admeenistrative diveesions
Turkmenistan is dividit intae five provinces or welayatlar (singular welayat) an ane caipital ceety destrict. The provinces are subdividit intae destricts (etraplar, sing. etrap), which mey be aither coonties or ceeties. Accordin tae the Constitution o Turkmenistan (Airticle 16 in the 2008 Constitution, Airticle 47 in the 1992 Constitution), some ceeties mey hae the status o welaýat (province) or etrap (destrict).
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