Turkmenistan
Asia · Untouched
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Population
- 7.1M
- Area
- 488K km²
About Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan lies in Central Asia between the Caspian Sea and the sands of the Karakum Desert, which cover most of its territory. Ashgabat, the capital, gleams with white-marble avenues and gilded monuments. Silk Road caravans once passed through Merv, among the great cities of the medieval world, and the country remains famous for Akhal-Teke horses and vast reserves of natural gas.
- The Darvaza gas crater, a collapsed Soviet-era drilling site nicknamed the 'Gates of Hell', has burned continuously in the Karakum Desert for decades.
- Ashgabat holds a Guinness World Record for the highest density of white-marble buildings of any city.
- The Akhal-Teke horse, famous for its metallic, shimmering coat, is a national emblem of Turkmenistan and appears on the state coat of arms.
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