Türkmenistan is located in the south-west of Central Asia
with the capital city Aşgabat and population that is around 6,4 milion.
The country is bounded by the Caspian Sea in the west and the Amu-Darya river to the east.
Türkmenistan covers approximatly 488,000 sq. km.
It is the second largest Central Asian republic after Kazakhstan.
To the south it is fringed by the Köpet Dag that forms a border with Iran and a border with Afghanistan.
To the north-west Türkmenistan shares the border with Kazakhstan and to the east with Uzbekistan.
Türkmenistan is divided to 5 provinces (welaýatlar): Ahal, Balkan, Daşoguz, Lebap (Turkmenabat),
Mary + plus the capital Aşgabat.
Türkmenistan possesses the world's fifth largest reserves of natural gas.
Most of the country is covered by the Karakum Desert.
From 1993 to 2019, citizens received government-provided electricity, water and natural gas free of charge.
Türkmenistan is an observer state in the Organisation of Turkic States,
the Türksoy community and a member of the United Nations.
Aşgabat is the capital and largest city of Türkmenistan. The city has a population of 1 milion people.
It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain,
approximately 50km away from the Iran-Türkmenistan border.
The city was founded in 1881 on the basis of an Ahal Teke tribal village.
Much of the city was destroyed by the 1948 Aşgabat earthquake,
but has since been rebuilt under the rule of Saparmurat Niyazov's "White City" renewal project,
resulting in cities buldings being coated in marble.
Amyderýa is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Türkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
It is the second longest river in Central Asia, after the Syr Darya and was made by junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers.
The Amyderýa has a flow of about 70 cubic kilometres per year on average.
In ancient history, the river was regarded as the boundary of Greater Iran with Turan,
which roughly corresponded to present-day Central Asia.
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Türkmenistan has a unique and remarkable history.
The territory of present-day Türkmenistan has been inhabited since the Stone Age,
with evidence of agricultural communities as early as 6000 BC
and of planned irrigation works from 3500 BC. The first states were Margiana and Parthia, from about 1000 BC.
In 7th-6th centuries BC, Margiana was part of Bactria, while Parthia was part of the Median state.
In the 6th-4th centuries BC the region was ruled by the Achaemenids...
Shortly the territory of what is now Türkmenistan provided the bedrock for many of the most powerful empires of their age.
The Parthians, Oguzlar ancestors of Seljuks and the Khans of Khoresm all based their empires at various points on the edge of the Kara-Kum Desert.
Modern Türkmenistan was radically transformed by the invasion of the Russian Empire,
which conquered and annexed the region in the late 19th century.
Later, the Russian Revolution of 1917,
Türkmenistan would transform from an Islamic society to an urbanist Leninist socialist republic during the Soviet era.
Independence would come in year 1991 when Saparmurat Niyazov became president of newly independent Türkmenistan.
Türkmenistan is one of the most ancient cultural centers of Asia.
The history of Türkmenistan originates from III century BC.
For centuries the Türkmen land saw the prosperity and fall of great empires and suffered from ruthless conquerors.
Up to the present day Türkmenistan keeps the traces of a medieval history.
It's really impossible to list all possible excursion routes across Türkmenistan.
Its territory is abundant in rare ancient monuments which have survived from ancient times.
The legendary Nissa - the residence of Parthian kings.
If you travel deeper inland you'll have a chance to see the remains of the ancient city of Merv, Kone Urgenc.
Capital city Aşgabat which means "the city of love" an oasis created by people loves hands among sands and mounts.
It is a city of blossoming parks, masterpieces of architecture, sculptures, tremendous fountains, museums and monuments.
Besides numerous antiquities Türkmenistan has a variety of unique natural landmarks:
underground lakes, high mountain tops, deep crevices, paradise-like places high in the mountains are similar to none.
Only in such wonderful country you will have a chance to taste original Türkmen delicacies from fresh mutton cooked on saxaul fire wood,
to see the world-known Akhaltekin racers, the legendary handcrafted Turkmen carpets, to become an eyewitness of national rituals!
