World Region Information --- Turkmenistan Information
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It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, and Iran to the south and southwest. To the west is the Caspian Sea.
Approx. 491,000 km2
Turkmenabat(230,000), Dasoguz(170,000), マル(110,000), etc.
about 6.03 million people
78.6% Turkmen, 9.3% Uzbek, 3.2% Russian, 2.7% Kazakh, Others
Turkmen
93.7% Muslim, 6% Christian, Other
Traditional nomadic culture is preserved.
- Old Nisa
- Darvaza Gas Crater(The Gates of Hell)
- Yangykala canyon
- Tomb of Ahmed Sanjar
- Gonur-Tepe
Elementary and secondary education is compulsory.
- Turkmenistanyn Dowlet lukmancylyk uniwersiteti
- Oguz han Engineering and technology university of Turkmenistan
- Yagshygeldi Kakayev International University of Oil and Gas
- Turkmen dowlet ykdysadyyet we dolandyrys instituty
- Magtymguly adyndaky Turkmen dowlet uniwersiteti
- Turkmen oba hojalyk uniwersiteti
- State Library of Turkmenistan
1881 After the Battle of Goktepe, the territory of present-day Turkmenistan is incorporated into Russian Turkestan
1885 Czarist Russia takes control of most of the Turkmen tribes
1916 Violent resistance to Russian conscription
1918 Establishment of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the Russian Federation
1924 Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic is formed
1948 Ashgabat earthquake destroys two-thirds of the city's population
1959 Operation of the Karakoum Canal begins
1960-67 Production of planes expands dramatically
1990 Declaration of Sovereignty of the Republic
1991 Declaration of Independence. Join the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
1992 New constitution adopted
1997 Private ownership of land legalized
1998 Natural gas pipeline to Iran opened
2003 Agreement with Russian company Gazprom to purchase Turkmen gas
2004 Signed the Declaration of Friendship with Uzbekistan
2006 Agreement signed to supply Turkmen gas to China. Russia's Gazprom agrees to raise gas purchase price
2007 Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan agree to build a new pipeline north of the Caspian Sea
2008 Cut gas supply to Iran. Approval of new constitution
2009 Gas export pipeline to China explained
2010 Opened a second gas pipeline to Iran. Agreement to build pipeline to supply gas to India
2013 Signed a 30-year gas agreement with Afghanistan
2014 Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India's four national gas companies form a company to build, own and operate the planned 1800 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline />
2015 Construction work begins on $10 billion pipeline to transport gas from Turkmenistan to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
2016 Presidential term extended due to constitutional amendment
2017 Started pipeline construction work in Afghanistan territory
It is a presidential republic. The president is the head of state and head of government. The parliament is unicameral.
- Oguzkhan Presidential Palace
- Parliament of Turkmenistan
- Supreme Court of Turkmenistan
$7,411
The country is rich in natural resources such as oil and natural gas, but is facing challenges of increasing poverty and increasing external debt.
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