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Ashgabat

Central Asia

Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, lying between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, about 50 kilometres from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Population
1,030,063 1
Area (sq km)
470 1
Founding Year
1881 1
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Elevation (m)
273 1
Latitude
37.9375 degrees north 1
Longitude
58.38 degrees east 1
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Ashgabat is Turkmenistan's capital.

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Ashgabat is Turkmenistan's capital.

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Source Supreme Court of Turkmenistan (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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The Supreme Court is headquartered at 86 Ali-Shir Nava'i Street in the capital of Ashgabat.
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1. Ashgabat (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
  • Infobox: population_total
    1,030,063
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2022 census
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    470
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    273
  • Lead section
    The city was founded in 1881 on the basis of an Ahal Teke tribal village, and made the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924 when it was known as Poltoratsk.
  • Capital Of: Turkmenistan, Lead section, capital fact
    Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.
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Wikidata: Ashgabat
  • Wikidata Q23438, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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