Ashgabat

Ashgabat is the capital of , surrounded by . It was designed as to be an impressive capital city, filled with monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble.
  • City with about 1,030,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 270 metres (900 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ASB
  • …was formerly known as “Poltoratsk”
  • …dates from 1881
  • Description: capital city of Turkmenistan
  • Also known as
    “Ak-Gaudan”
    “Aschchabad”
    “Ashabad”
    “Ashkabad”
    “Ashkabat”
    “Ashkhabad”
    “Ashqabad”
    “Askabad”
    “Askhabad”
    “Ishqabad”
    “Ishqabat”
    “Konjikala”
  • Neighbors:
Thepulin, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Turkmen Carpet Museum and Ruhyýet Palace.
Museum
The or the National Carpet…
Wikimedia, Public domain.
Government office
, also known as the Palace of Congresses…
Wikimedia, Public domain.
Government office
is a government office.
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Latitude
37.9405° or 37° 56′ 26″ north
Longitude
58.3823° or 58° 22′ 57″ east
UN/LOCODE
TM ASB
Open location code
8H9WW9RJ+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Ashgabat” goes by many names.
AshgabatAchinese
АшхабадAdyghe
AsjchabadAfrikaans
AsjchabatAfrikaans
AsjgabatAfrikaans
AsjkabatAfrikaans
AschgabatAlbanian
አሽጋባልAmharic
አሽጋባትAmharic
عشق‌آبادArabic
AşgabatAragonese
ԱշգաբադArmenian
ԱշխաբադArmenian
ԱսխաբադArmenian
AxgabatAsturian
ГІашкъабадAvaric
ГӀашкъабадAvaric
AshgabatAymara
AşğabatAzerbaijani
AşqabadAzerbaijani
Aşqabad şəhəriAzerbaijani
AşxabadAzerbaijani
AshgabatBalinese
АшхабадBashkir
AsgabatBasque
АсхабадBelarusian
АшгабадBelarusian
АшгабатBelarusian
АшхабадBelarusian
Сталіца ТуркменістанаBelarusian
আশখাবাদBengali
আশগাবাতBengali
এশকাবাদBengali
AsgabadBetawi
AşgabatBosnian
AshgabatBosnian
AchgabadBreton
AchgabatBreton
AchkabadBreton
AşgabatBreton
AshgabatBreton
АшгабадBulgarian
АшгабатBulgarian
АшхабадBulgarian
АшхабатBulgarian
အက်ရှ်ဂါဘတ်မြို့Burmese
AixkhabadCatalan
AşgabatCatalan
Aşgabat ŞäheriCebuano
AshgabatCentral Bikol
عەشق ئابادCentral Kurdish
عەشقابادCentral Kurdish
عیشق ئابادCentral Kurdish
АшхабадChechen
阿什哈巴德Chinese
阿什哈巴特Chinese
АшхабадChuvash
AşğabatCrimean Tatar
AşqabatCrimean Tatar
AšgabatCroatian
AšhabadCroatian
AšchabadCzech
AšgabadCzech
AsjkhabadDanish
AsjchabadDutch
AsjchabatDutch
АшхабадEastern Mari
عشق ابادEgyptian Arabic
Ашхабад ошErzya
AŝgabatoEsperanto
AŝĥabadoEsperanto
AşgabatEstonian
AšhabadEstonian
AsjabadExtremaduran
AshgabatFiji Hindi
AşgabatFinnish
AšhabadFinnish
AşgabadGagauz
AchkhabadGalician
აშხაბადიGeorgian
ევროპული მარშრუტი E60Georgian
أشک‌آبادGilaki
عشق‌آبادGilaki
ΑσγκαμπάτGreek
AchagaváteGuarani
અશગબાતGujarati
AchgabatHaitian
AshgabatHakka Chinese
AshgabatHausa
אשגאבטHebrew
אשגבאטHebrew
अश्क़ाबादHindi
अश्गाबातHindi
AşgabatHungarian
AshabadHungarian
AsgabatIcelandic
AshgabatIdo
AshgabatIloko
AshgabatIndonesian
AskhabadIndonesian
AshgabatInterlingua
AshgabatInterlingue
AshgabatIrish
AşgabatItalian
AskhabadItalian
アシガバートJapanese
アシガバットJapanese
アシハバードJapanese
ಅಶ್ಗಾಬಾಟ್Kannada
ಅಶ್ಗಾಬಾತ್Kannada
ಆಶ್ಗಬಾತ್Kannada
AshxabadKara-Kalpak
АшхабадKarachay-Balkar
АшғабадKazakh
АшғабатKazakh
АшқабадKazakh
АшқабатKazakh
АшхабадKazakh
АшхабадKirghiz
AshgabatKomering
АшхабадKomi
АшхабадKomi-Permyak
아슈가바뜨Korean
아슈가바트Korean
아슈하바트Korean
아슈하파트Korean
아시가바트Korean
아시하바트Korean
AşgabadKurdish
AşgabatKurdish
ອາສກາບັດLao
AschchabadumLatin
AşgabatLatin
AšgabataLatvian
AšhabadaLatvian
AšhabataLatvian
PoltorackaLatvian
AshgabatLigurian
AxgabatLingua Franca Nova
阿什哈巴德Literary Chinese
AšchabadasLithuanian
AšgabatasLithuanian
PoltorackasLithuanian
AšhabadLivvi
AšgabadLombard
AşgabatLombard
AskabatLombard
PoltorackLombard
AschgabadLow German
AšchabadLower Sorbian
AschchabadLuxembourgish
AşgabatLuxembourgish
AshgabatMacedo-Romanian
AchgabatMacedonian
Achkhabad - AşgabatMacedonian
AšchabadMacedonian
AšchabadasMacedonian
AschchabadMacedonian
AschgabatMacedonian
AşğabatMacedonian
AšgabataMacedonian
AsgabateMacedonian
AŝgabatoMacedonian
AšhabadMacedonian
AshxabadMacedonian
AshxobodMacedonian
AsjabadMacedonian
AsjchabadMacedonian
AsjchabatMacedonian
AsjkhabadMacedonian
AşkabatMacedonian
AşqabadMacedonian
AszchabadMacedonian
ΑσγκαμπάτMacedonian
АшгабадMacedonian
АшгабатMacedonian
АшғабадMacedonian
АшғабатMacedonian
АшхабадMacedonian
Ашхабад ошMacedonian
АшхабатMacedonian
АшхобадMacedonian
ИшқободMacedonian
აშხაბადიMacedonian
אשגאבאטMacedonian
אשגאבטMacedonian
عشق‌آبادMacedonian
አሽጋባትMacedonian
अश्क़ाबादMacedonian
अश्गाबादMacedonian
আশখাবাদMacedonian
அசுகாபாத்Macedonian
ಅಶ್ಗಾಬಾತ್Macedonian
അഷ്ഗാബാദ്Macedonian
อาชกาบัตMacedonian
아시가바트Macedonian
アシガバートMacedonian
阿什哈巴德Macedonian
अश्गाबातMagahi
अश्गाबादMagahi
इश्काबादMagahi
अस्गाबतMaithili
AchgabatMalagasy
AshgabatMalay
അഷ്ഗബാത്Malayalam
അഷ്ഗാബാദ്Malayalam
AshgabatMaltese
AşgabatManx
अश्काबादMarathi
अश्गाबाटMarathi
अश्गाबादMarathi
عشق‌آبادMazanderani
AshgabatMin Dong Chinese
AshgabatMin Nan Chinese
AshgabatMinangkabau
აშხაბადიMingrelian
АшгабадMoksha
АшгабатMongolian
АшхабадMongolian
عشق آبادMoroccan Arabic
ߊߛ߭ߑߜ߭ߓߊ߫N'Ko
Séíbąąh KinNavajo
अस्गाबतNepali
AşgabatNorthern Frisian
عشق آبادNorthern Luri
AsjkhabadNorwegian
AsjkhabadNorwegian Bokmål
AsjgabatNorwegian Nynorsk
AsjkhabadNorwegian Nynorsk
AshgabatNovial
AshgabatOccitan (post 1500)
AscgaburhOld English (ca. 450-1100)
АшхабадOssetian
ਅਸ਼ਗ਼ਾਬਾਤPanjabi
ਅਸ਼ਗਾਬਾਦPanjabi
ਇਸ਼ਕ਼ਾਬਾਦPanjabi
AskhabadPapiamento
عشق‌آبادPersian
AshgabatPiemontese
AschabadPolish
عشق آبادPushto
AșgabatRomanian
AşhabadRomanian
AșhabatRomanian
PoltorațkRomanian
АшхабадRussia Buriat
АсхабадRussian
АшгабадRussian
АшгабатRussian
АшхабадRussian
ПолторацкRussian
ᱟᱥᱜᱟᱵᱟᱛSantali
AshgabatSardinian
AshgabatScots
AshgabatScottish Gaelic
АшхабадSerbian
AšgabatSerbo-Croatian
AšhabadSerbo-Croatian
AshgabatShona
اشڪ آبادSindhi
ආශ්ගාබාත්Sinhala
AšchabadSlovak
AšgabadSlovenian
AšhabadSlovenian
AšhabatSlovenian
عاشق‌آبادSouth Azerbaijani
AshgabatSundanese
AshgabatSwahili
AsjchabadSwedish
AsgabatTagalog
AshabatTagalog
AshgabatTagalog
АшқободTajik
АшхобадTajik
АшхободTajik
ИшқободTajik
AšgabadTalysh
AşqabadTalysh
அசுகாபாத்Tamil
அஷ்கபாட்Tamil
அஸ்காபாத்Tamil
அஸ்ஹகபட்Tamil
АшкабадTatar
АшһабадTatar
ПолторацкTatar
అషకాబాద్Telugu
అష్గాబాత్Telugu
อาชกาบัตThai
ཨ་ཧྲི་ཁ་པད​་Tibetan
ཨ་ཧྲི་ག་བཏ།Tibetan
AşkabatTurkish
AşgabatTurkmen
Aşgabat şäheriTurkmen
АшхабадUdmurt
AshxabadUighur
ئاشخابادUighur
АсхабадUkrainian
АшгабадUkrainian
АшгабатUkrainian
ПолторацькUkrainian
AšchabadUpper Sorbian
AšchabatUpper Sorbian
AšgabatUpper Sorbian
PoltorackUpper Sorbian
اشک آبادUrdu
عشق آبادUrdu
AshxabodUzbek
AshxobodUzbek
AşgabatVenetian
AšhabadVeps
AshgabatVietnamese
AşgabatVolapük
AsgabatVõro
AshgabatWaray (Philippines)
AshgabatWelsh
ԱշխապատWestern Armenian
AsjchabadWestern Frisian
اشک آبادWestern Panjabi
阿什哈巴德Wu Chinese
АшгабатYakut
אַשגאַבאַטYiddish
AshgabatYoruba
阿什哈巴德Yue Chinese
i-AshgabatZulu
Ashgabad
Ashkhabad
Poltoratsk

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