Turkmenistan

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Turkmenistan is a landlocked Central Asian country rich in natural gas resources, known for its desert landscapes, authoritarian political system, and capital city Ashgabat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landlocked country
sovereign state
borderCountry Afghanistan
Iran
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
borderSea Caspian Sea
callingCode +993
capital Ashgabat
climate continental desert climate
continent Asia
currency Turkmenistan manat
demonym Turkmens
surface form: Turkmen
drivesOn right
export cotton
natural gas
petroleum products
formerEntity Turkmenistan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
formerScript Cyrillic script
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
governmentType authoritarian presidential republic
hasRegion Karakum Desert
headOfStateTitle President of Turkmenistan
independenceDate 1991-10-27
independenceFrom Soviet Union
internetTLD .tm
ISO3166-1Alpha2 TM
ISO3166-1Alpha3 TKM
largestCity Ashgabat
legislature National Council of Turkmenistan
majorCity Ashgabat
Balkanabat
Dashoguz
Mary
Turkmenabat
majorRiver Amu Darya
minorityReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
naturalResource natural gas
oil
notableSite Ashgabat
Darvaza gas crater
Kow-Ata underground lake
officialLanguage Turkmen language
surface form: Turkmen
partOf Central Asia
recognizedLanguage Russian
regionalOrganizationMembership CIS
ECO
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
surface form: OSCE
religionMajority Sunni Islam
timeZone UTC+5
UNMemberState true
usesScript Latin alphabet

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Murghab River region country Turkmenistan
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Turkmen alphabet countryUsedIn Turkmenistan
southern Turkmenistan country Turkmenistan
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Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet usedIn Turkmenistan
Murghab River country Turkmenistan
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Murghab River mouthCountry Turkmenistan
Murghab River basinCountry Turkmenistan
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