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Central Asia
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📍 Essential Info
CapitalAshgabat (Ashkhabad)
TimezoneUTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population5.7M
Governmentpresidential republic; authoritarian
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.tm
Internet Users21%
GDP per Capita$18,000
🌍 Geography
LocationCentral Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
Size Comparisonslightly more than three times the size of Georgia; slightly larger than California
Climatesubtropical desert
Terrainflat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsTurkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003 est.)
ReligionsMuslim 93%, Christian 6.4%, Buddhist <1%, folk religion <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified <1% (2020 est.)
Median Age31.6 years
Life Expectancy72.4 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 27 October (1991)
Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook