Turkmenistan

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About Turkmenistan:

The country is also called as Turkmenia. Turkmenistan is the Turkic country which is situated in the Central Asia. The country’s name has been derived from the Persian word which means the land of Turkmen. The name of thecapital city of the country is also derived from the Persian word which means “the city of love”. The country is bordered in southeast by Afghanistan, in northeast by Uzbekistan, in west by Caspian Sea, in southwest by Iran and in northwest by Kazakhstan.

Turkmenistan Previous Records Medals:

The record list of medals that Turkmenistan has won till date is mentioned as below:

Turkmenistan History:

The territory of Turkmenistan has the checkered and the long history, as the armies from one to the other empire decamped their way to the more affluent territories. The written history of the area starts with its invasion by Empire of Achaemenid of former Persia, as area was divided among the Parthia, Khwarezm and the satrapies of the Margiana.

Turkmenistan Demographics:

The majority of the populations Turkmenistan are the racial Turkmen’s who significantly remain on Islam with the generous minorities of the Russians, Uzbeks and Persians. The smaller minorities in the country are:

Tatars
Azeris
Balochis
Koreans
Kazakhs
Armenians

The official language of the country is Turkmen, although Russian language is also widely spoken in some of the cities in the country.

Turkmenistan Government and Politics:

The politics of Turkmenistan takes place in structure of the presidential republic. The president of the country is the head of the government as well as the head of state. The country has the system of the single- party. The country remains the part of the Soviet Union for 69 years and after that the country was declared as the self governing state.

Turkmenistan Culture:

The people of Turkmenistan are traditionally been the nomads of the horse- breeding and also even today, after fall of attempts of USSR for urbanizing Turkmen’s is not successful. The people of the country are popular for manufacturing the gillams, which are also mistakenly known as Bukhara rugs.

Turkmenistan Economy:

The half land of the irrigated land of Turkmenistan is planted by cotton, which makes the country as the 10th largest producer of cotton in the entire globe. The country also possesses the globe’s 5th biggest considerable oil resources and natural gas reserves.

Turkmenistan Infrastructure:

Turkmenistan inherited the aging infrastructure with taking the help from Soviet Union, with effectively 13,000 railway cars that are depreciated seriously, inadequate staffing, communication equipment and signaling. The government of the country has the determined plans for elevated comprehensive transport infrastructure, with the devoted priorities to the pipelines and railroad development. The transport system in the country carries the freight mainly via internal waterways, roads, pipelines and rail.

Turkmenistan Education:

According to the statistics of the Soviet Union, the literacy in Turkmenistan is universal in the year 1991. The experts have considered the entire level of the education in country is comparable to average to Soviet republics. The education in the country is free of the charge, though the fees in introduced by some of the selected institutions. The formal schooling starts with the primary school and the kindergarten. The school attendance is mandatory all through 8th grade.

Turkmenistan Neighboring Countries:

The countries that are situated very near to Turkmenistan are:

Afghanistan
Iran
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Caspian Sea

Turkmenistan Geographical Settings:

Turkmenistan covers the total area of 188,457 sq miles. The country is also the 52nd largest country in the entire world in the terms of area which is covered by country. The country is somehow smaller than the country Spain and is slightly larger than the California.

Turkmenistan Independence:

Turkmenistan gained its independence from Soviet Union on 27th October, 1991.

Turkmenistan Capital City:

Ashgabat is the largest city as well as the capital city of the country Turkmenistan. The country is located at 370 58’N 580 20’E.

Turkmenistan Currency:

The official currency of Turkmenistan is Turkmen Manat and is abbreviated as TMM.

Turkmenistan Total population:

The total population of Turkmenistan according to the census of the year 2006 is 5,110,023 that placed the country at number 113th among the category of the 103rd most populated countries in the entire world.