Clothing, Traditional—Turkmenistan
Dress in Turkmenistan developed as a part of Central Asian costume, and the styles and design of clothing were similar to those in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. ...
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Garabil Plateau
Situated mainly in southeastern Turkmenistan, the Garabil (also spelled Karabil) plateau is a geological curiosity whose deposits of rock salt are among the largest in the world. The p...
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Turkmenistan—Profile
(2001 est. pop. 4.6 million). The Republic of Turkmenistan is located in southwest Central Asia. The nation shares an eastern border with Afghanistan, a northern border wi...
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Turkmenistan—Education System
Turkmenistan marked ten years of independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on 27 October 2001. From 1924 to 1991, the Ministry of Education...
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Turkmenistan
CAPITAL: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
FLAG: Green field with claret stripe of five carpet patterns; white crescent and five white stars symbolizing five major regions of Turkmenistan to the right...
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan, situated in Central Asia, is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, and Iran to the south. Turkmenistan is landlocke...
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Turkmenistan
POPULATION 4,688,963SUNNI MUSLIM 89 percentEASTERN ORTHODOX 9 percentOTHER 2 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
Turkmenistan, a desert country in southwestern Central Asia, border...
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Area: 488,100 sq km (188,500 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 4,899,000Capital:
Ashgabat
Head of state and government:
President
Saparmurad
Niyazov and, from December 21, Gurbanguly
Berdymukhammedo...
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Tens of thousands of people on Friday marked the first anniversary of the death of longtime President Saparmurat Niyazov, laying flowers at monuments to the autocratic leader and streaming to his m...
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Turkmenistan's top legislative body on Tuesday set Feb. 11 as the date for elections to replace longtime authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov, who died last week.The date was set by the country'...
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A theme park designed by Turkmenistan's eccentric dictator as a national version of Disneyland has opened in the ex-Soviet nation's capital.
The $50 million recreation complex, based on Tu...
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Turkmenistan's presidential elections next month will be monitored by domestic observers, with no foreign presence expected at the polls, authorities said Wednesday.The announcement is likely to he...
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Turkmenistan's top legislative body is expected to set a date and select candidates Tuesday for presidential elections to replace the late Sapurmurat Niyazov, who ran the country with an all-encomp...
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TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan's
leader inaugurated the construction of a $5 billion tourism
complex on the Caspian coast on Monday, his latest gesture to
open up the r...
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Turkmenistan's acting president has promised to eradicate drug trafficking from neighboring Afghanistan in a campaign statement ahead of next month's election, government media reported Thursday."I...
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A glance at Turkmenistan, which voted Sunday to replace the late longtime autocratic President Saparmurat Niyazov:GEOGRAPHY _ Turkmenistan stretches from the Caspian Sea on the west to Afghanistan ...
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