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.
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  • Type: City with 1,030,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Turkmenistan
  • Also known as: “‘Ishqabad”, “`Ishqabad”, “`Ishqábád”, “Achgabad”, “Achkabad”, “Achkhabad - Aşgabat”, “Achqābād”, “Aixkhabad”, “Ak-Gaudan”, “Ascabade”, “Aschabad”, “Aschabadas”, “Ašchabat”, “Aschkābād”, “Aşgabat şäheri”, “Ašgabatas”, “Ashabad”, “Aşhabad”, “Așhabad”, “Ašhabada”, “Ašhabat”, “Aşhabat”, “Așhabat”, “Ašhabata”, “Ashgabad”, “Ashjabad”, “Ashkabad”, “Ashkabat”, “Ashkhabad”, “Ashqabad”, “Ashxabod”, “Asjgabat”, “Asjkabat”, “Askabad”, “Askabat”, “Aşqabad şəhəri”, “Aşxabad”, “Aszchabat”, “Aszgabat”, “Ishqabad”, “Ishqabat”, “Konjikala”, “Poltorack”, “Poltoracka”, “Poltorackas”, “Poltoraţk”, “Poltorațk”, “Poltorazk”, “Асхабад”, “Ашғабат”, “Ашқабад”, “Ашқабат”, “Ашхабат”, “Ашхобад”, “Ашхобод”, “Ашһабад”, “Полторацк”, “Полторацьк”, “Сталіца Туркменістана”, “ევროპული მარშრუტი E60”, “Աշգաբադ”, “Ասխաբադ”, “אַשגאַבאַט”, “أشک‌آباد”, “عشق أباد”, “عشق ابآد”, “عشق‌اباد”, “عەشق ئاباد”, “عیشق ئاباد”, “አሽጋባል”, “अश्काबाद”, “अश्गबात”, “अश्गाबाट”, “अश्गाबात”, “इश्काबाद”, “আশগাবাত”, “அஷ்கபாட்”, “அஸ்காபாத்”, “அஸ்ஹகபட்”, “ಅಶ್ಗಾಬಾಟ್”, “ಆಶ್ಗಬಾತ್”, “അഷ്ഗബാത്”, “ཨ་ཧྲི་ཁ་པད​་”, “아슈가바뜨”, “아슈가바트”, “아슈하파트”, “아시하바트”, “アシガバード”, “アシガバット”, and “アシハバード”
  • Historically known as: “Poltoratsk”
  • Neighbors:
Photo: Thepulin, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Turkmen Carpet Museum and Ruhyýet Palace.

Museum
Photo: Ibrahim, CC BY 2.5.
The or the National Carpet…

Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, also known as the Palace of Congresses…

Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a government office.

Ashgabat

Latitude
37.9405° or 37° 56′ 26″ north
Longitude
58.3823° or 58° 22′ 57″ east
Population
1,030,000
Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)
Established
1881
IATA airport code
ASB
UN/LOCODE
TM ASB
Open location code
8H9WW9RJ+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1811650017
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
162183
Wiki­data ID
Q23438
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Ashgabat” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Ashgabat”
  • Adyghe: “Ашхабад”
  • Afrikaans: “Asjchabad”
  • Afrikaans: “Asjchabat”
  • Albanian: “Aschgabat”
  • Amharic: “አሽጋባት”
  • Arabic: “عشق آباد”
  • Aragonese: “Aşgabat”
  • Armenian: “Աշխաբադ”
  • Asturian: “Axgabat”
  • Avaric: “ГІашкъабад”
  • Avaric: “ГӀашкъабад”
  • Aymara: “Ashgabat”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşqabad”
  • Balinese: “Ashgabat”
  • Bashkir: “Ашхабад”
  • Basque: “Asgabat”
  • Belarusian: “Ашгабад”
  • Belarusian: “Ашгабат”
  • Belarusian: “Ашхабад”
  • Bengali: “আশখাবাদ”
  • Bengali: “এশকাবাদ”
  • Betawi: “Asgabad”
  • Bosnian: “Aşgabat”
  • Bosnian: “Ashgabat”
  • Breton: “Aşgabat”
  • Breton: “Ashgabat”
  • Bulgarian: “Ашхабад”
  • Burmese: “အက်ရှ်ဂါဘတ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Aşgabat”
  • Cebuano: “Aşgabat Şäheri”
  • Central Bikol: “Ashgabat”
  • Central Kurdish: “عەشقاباد”
  • Chechen: “Ашхабад”
  • Chinese: “阿什哈巴德”
  • Chinese: “阿什哈巴特”
  • Chuvash: “Ашхабад”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Aşğabat”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Aşqabat”
  • Croatian: “Ašgabat”
  • Czech: “Ašchabad”
  • Danish: “Asjkhabad”
  • Dutch: “Asjchabad”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ашхабад”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عشق اباد”
  • Erzya: “Ашхабад ош”
  • Esperanto: “Aŝgabato”
  • Esperanto: “Aŝĥabado”
  • Estonian: “Aşgabat”
  • Extremaduran: “Asjabad”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Ashgabat”
  • Finnish: “Ašgabat”
  • Finnish: “Aşgabat”
  • French: “Achgabat”
  • Gagauz: “Aşgabad”
  • Galician: “Achkhabad”
  • Georgian: “აშხაბადი”
  • German: “Aschgabat”
  • German: “Aşgabat”
  • Gilaki: “عشق‌آباد”
  • Greek: “Ασγκαμπάτ”
  • Guarani: “Achagaváte”
  • Gujarati: “અશગબાત”
  • Haitian: “Achgabat”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Ashgabat”
  • Hausa: “Ashgabat”
  • Hebrew: “אשגאבט”
  • Hebrew: “אשגבאט”
  • Hindi: “अश्क़ाबाद”
  • Hungarian: “Asgabat”
  • Hungarian: “Aşgabat”
  • Icelandic: “Asgabat”
  • Ido: “Ashgabat”
  • Iloko: “Ashgabat”
  • Indonesian: “Ashgabat”
  • Interlingua: “Ashgabat”
  • Interlingue: “Ashgabat”
  • Irish: “Ashgabat”
  • Italian: “Aşgabat”
  • Japanese: “アシガバート”
  • Kannada: “ಅಶ್ಗಾಬಾತ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Ashxabad”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Ашхабад”
  • Kazakh: “Ашғабад”
  • Kazakh: “Ашхабад”
  • Kirghiz: “Ашхабад”
  • Komering: “Ashgabat”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Ашхабад”
  • Komi: “Ашхабад”
  • Korean: “아슈하바트”
  • Korean: “아시가바트”
  • Kurdish: “Aşgabad”
  • Kurdish: “Aşgabat”
  • Lao: “ອາສກາບັດ”
  • Latin: “Aschchabadum”
  • Latin: “Aşgabat”
  • Latvian: “Ašgabata”
  • Ligurian: “Ashgabat”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Axgabat”
  • Literary Chinese: “阿什哈巴德”
  • Lithuanian: “Ašchabadas”
  • Livvi: “Ašhabad”
  • Lombard: “Aşgabat”
  • Low German: “Aschgabad”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Ašchabad”
  • Luxembourgish: “Aschchabad”
  • Luxembourgish: “Aşgabat”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Ashgabat”
  • Macedonian: “Ашхабад”
  • Magahi: “अश्गाबाद”
  • Maithili: “अस्गाबत”
  • Malagasy: “Achgabat”
  • Malay: “Ashgabat”
  • Malayalam: “അഷ്ഗാബാദ്”
  • Maltese: “Ashgabat”
  • Manx: “Aşgabat”
  • Marathi: “अश्गाबाद”
  • Mazanderani: “عشق‌آباد”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ashgabat”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ashgabat”
  • Minangkabau: “Ashgabat”
  • Mingrelian: “აშხაბადი”
  • Moksha: “Ашгабад”
  • Mongolian: “Ашгабат”
  • Mongolian: “Ашхабад”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “عشق آباد”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߛ߭ߑߜ߭ߓߊ߫”
  • Navajo: “Séíbąąh Kin”
  • Nepali: “अस्गाबत”
  • Northern Frisian: “Aşgabat”
  • Northern Luri: “عشق آباد”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asjkhabad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asjkhabad”
  • Norwegian: “Asjkhabad”
  • Novial: “Ashgabat”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ashgabat”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ascgaburh”
  • Ossetian: “Ашхабад”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਸ਼ਗ਼ਾਬਾਤ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਸ਼ਗਾਬਾਦ”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਸ਼ਕ਼ਾਬਾਦ”
  • Papiamento: “Askhabad”
  • Persian: “عشق‌آباد”
  • Piemontese: “Ashgabat”
  • Polish: “Aszchabad”
  • Portuguese: “Asgabade”
  • Portuguese: “Aşgabat”
  • Portuguese: “Asgabate”
  • Pushto: “عشق آباد”
  • Romanian: “Așgabat”
  • Russia Buriat: “Ашхабад”
  • Russian: “Ашхабад”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱥᱜᱟᱵᱟᱛ”
  • Sardinian: “Ashgabat”
  • Scots: “Ashgabat”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ashgabat”
  • Serbian: “Ашхабад”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ašgabat”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ašhabad”
  • Shona: “Ashgabat”
  • Sindhi: “اشڪ آباد”
  • Sinhala: “ආශ්ගාබාත්”
  • Slovak: “Ašchabad”
  • Slovenian: “Ašhabad”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عاشق‌آباد”
  • Spanish: “Asjabad”
  • Sundanese: “Ashgabat”
  • Swahili: “Ashgabat”
  • Swedish: “Asjchabad”
  • Tagalog: “Asgabat”
  • Tagalog: “Ashabat”
  • Tagalog: “Ashgabat”
  • Tajik: “Ашқобод”
  • Tajik: “Ишқобод”
  • Talysh: “Ašgabad”
  • Talysh: “Aşqabad”
  • Tamil: “அசுகாபாத்”
  • Tatar: “Ашкабад”
  • Telugu: “అషకాబాద్”
  • Telugu: “అష్గాబాత్”
  • Thai: “อาชกาบัต”
  • Tibetan: “ཨ་ཧྲི་ཁ་པད​།”
  • Tibetan: “ཨ་ཧྲི་ཁ་པད།”
  • Tibetan: “ཨ་ཧྲི་ག་བཏ།”
  • Turkish: “Aşkabat”
  • Turkmen: “Aşgabat”
  • Udmurt: “Ашхабад”
  • Uighur: “Ashxabad”
  • Uighur: “ئاشخاباد”
  • Ukrainian: “Ашгабат”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Ašchabad”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Ašgabat”
  • Urdu: “اشک آباد”
  • Urdu: “عشق آباد”
  • Uzbek: “Ashxobod”
  • Venetian: “Aşgabat”
  • Veps: “Ašhabad”
  • Vietnamese: “Ashgabat”
  • Volapük: “Aşgabat”
  • Võro: “Asgabat”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ashgabat”
  • Welsh: “Ashgabat”
  • Western Armenian: “Աշխապատ”
  • Western Frisian: “Asjchabad”
  • Western Panjabi: “اشک آباد”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿什哈巴德”
  • Yakut: “Ашгабат”
  • Yiddish: “אשגאבאט”
  • Yoruba: “Ashgabat”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿什哈巴德”
  • Zulu: “i-Ashgabat”

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