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Overview

capital

Ashgabat

area

491.2 thouthand sq km

population

4.952 mln 

ethnic groups 
  • Turkmen - 77%
  • Uzbek - 9.2%
  • Russian - 6.7%
  • Kazakh - 2% 

religions

  • muslim – 89%
  • orthodox – 9%

official language(s)

  • Turkmen  


national currency


Turkmen new manat (TMT) = 100 tennesi


government type

Turkmenistan is a unitary state.

Administrative division is the following:

  • Ashgabat City
  • Ahal  welayat
  • Balkan welayat
  • Dasoguz welayat
  • Lebap welayat
  • Mary welayat


government

Turkmenistan is a presidential republic. President is the Head of State and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers. There are two parliamentary bodies – a unicameral People’s Council (Halk Maslahaty)  and a unicameral Parliament (Mejlis).

 

participation in organizations of regional integration

participant:

 [Turkmenistan is an associated member of the CIS]



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