Explore Turkmenistan in Asia - Turkmenistan Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Turkmenistan with its capital Ashkabad is located in Asia (Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea). It covers some 488,101 square kilometres (slightly larger than California) with 5,179,000 citizens. Turkmen, Russian and Uzbek are the languages used by people in Turkmenistan (consider regional differences). Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are bordering countries.

Pictures from Ashkabad (Capital)

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About Turkmenistan

The terrain offersflat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south with low mountains along border with Iran and borders Caspian Sea in west. The average density of population is about 10 per km². The climate in can be described as subtropical desert. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Turkmenistan dial +993 prior to a number. There are 478,000 installed telephones. And there are 1,500,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".tm". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 5 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Turkmenistan

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Kunya-Urgench

Kunya-Urgench is situated in north-western Turkmenistan, on the left bank of the Amu Daria River. Urgench was the capital of the Khorezm region, part of the Achaemenid Empire. The old town contains...

Parthian Fortresses of Nisa

The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa consist of two tells of Old and New Nisa, indicating the site of one of the earliest and most important cities of the Parthian Empire, a major power from the mid 3rd...

State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”

Merv is the oldest and best-preserved of the oasis-cities along the Silk Route in Central Asia. The remains in this vast oasis span 4,000 years of human history. A number of monuments are still...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Turkmenistan

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Turkmenistan is growing at an rate of 1.14% (or by 56,326 citizens). Each year 9,635 people leave this country (or 2.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.34%. Or an total increase of 65,961 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.