Ashgabat
Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan, surrounded by Ahal Province. It was designed as to be an impressive capital city, filled with monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble.Places of Interest
Highlights: Ashgabat International Airport and Turkmen Carpet Museum.
Ruhyýet Palace
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gämi.
Gämi
Village
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Ashgabat
- Also known as: “Aşgabat Şäheri”, “Ashgabat Shäheri”, and “Gorod Ashkhabad”
- Location: Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.95° or 37° 57′ north
Longitude
58.3833° or 58° 23′ east
Population
1,030,000
Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)
Open location code
8H9WX92M+28
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Ashgabat” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “አሽጋባት”
- Azerbaijani: “Aşxabad”
- Bengali: “আশগাবাত”
- French: “Achkhabad”
- German: “Ashgabat”
- Hausa: “Ashgabat”
- Japanese: “アシガバート”
- Javanese: “Ashgabat”
- Kazakh: “Ашхабат”
- Kirghiz: “Ашхабат”
- Malay: “Ashgabat”
- Oromo: “Ashgabat”
- Panjabi: “ਅਸ਼ਗਾਬਾਤ”
- Persian: “عشقآباد”
- Portuguese: “Ashgabat”
- Pushto: “عشق آباد”
- Russian: “Ашхабад”
- Somali: “Ashgabat”
- Spanish: “Asjabad”
- Swahili: “Ashgabat”
- Tajik: “Ашхабад”
- Tatar: “Ашхабат”
- Turkmen: “Aşgabat”
- Uzbek: “Ashxabat”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Keshi and Hawdan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Köpetdag Stadium and Ashgabat Stantsiyasy.
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Worth a closer look: Ashgabat and Karakum.
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