Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Turkmenistan
The Emblem of Turkmenistan
The location of Turkmenistan
An enlargeable map of Turkmenistan
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkmenistan:
Turkmenistan is a sovereign Turkic country located in Central Asia.[1] The name Turkmenistan is derived from Persian, meaning "land of the Turkmen". The name of its capital, Ashgabat, derived from Persian as well, loosely translating as "the city of love". Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the southwest, Uzbekistan to the northeast, Kazakhstan to the northwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Although it is wealthy in natural resources in certain areas, most of the country is covered by the Karakum (Black Sands) Desert. It has a one-party system, though other parties exist. The country was ruled by President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov until his death on 21 December 2006. Presidential elections were held on 11 February 2007. Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow was declared the winner with 89% of the vote. He was sworn in on 14 February 2007, and has been re-elected twice since, in 2012 and 2017.
General reference
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- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Turkmenistan
- Official English country name: Turkmenistan
- Common endonym(s): Türkmenistan
- Official endonym(s): Türkmenistan
- Adjectival(s): Turkmen
- Demonym(s):
- International rankings of Turkmenistan
- ISO country codes: TM, TKM, 795
- ISO region codes: See TM
- Internet country code top-level domain: .tm
Geography of Turkmenistan
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Geography of Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan 1,621 km
- Iran 992 km
- Afghanistan 744 km
- Kazakhstan 379 km
- Population of Turkmenistan: 5,240,000 (July 2013, UN estimate) – 117th most populous country
- Area of Turkmenistan: 488,100 km2 – 53rd by total area
- Atlas of Turkmenistan
Environment of Turkmenistan
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Environment of Turkmenistan
- Climate of Turkmenistan
- Environmental issues in Turkmenistan
- Protected areas of Turkmenistan
- Wildlife of Turkmenistan
- Fauna of Turkmenistan
- Birds of Turkmenistan
- Mammals of Turkmenistan
Natural geographic features of Turkmenistan
- Glaciers of Turkmenistan: None
- Islands of Turkmenistan: None
- Lakes of Turkmenistan
- Mountains of Turkmenistan
- Volcanoes in Turkmenistan: None
- Rivers of Turkmenistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Turkmenistan
Regions of Turkmenistan
Regions of Turkmenistan
Ecoregions of Turkmenistan
Administrative divisions of Turkmenistan
Administrative divisions of Turkmenistan
- Provinces of Turkmenistan
- Districts of Turkmenistan
Provinces of Turkmenistan
Provinces of Turkmenistan
- Aşgabat
- Ahal Province
- Balkan Province
- Daşoguz Province
- Lebap Province
- Mary Province
Districts of Turkmenistan
Districts of Turkmenistan
The provinces of Turkmenistan are divided into districts, which may be either counties or cities.
Demography of Turkmenistan
Demographics of Turkmenistan
Government and politics of Turkmenistan
Politics of Turkmenistan
- Form of government: Presidential republic
- Capital of Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
- Elections in Turkmenistan
- Political parties in Turkmenistan
Branches of government of Turkmenistan
Government of Turkmenistan
Executive branch of Turkmenistan
Legislative branch of Turkmenistan
- Parliament of Turkmenistan (bicameral per 2020 constitutional amendment)
- Upper house: Halk Maslahaty
- Lower house: Mejlis
Judicial branch of Turkmenistan
Court system of Turkmenistan
- Supreme Court of Turkmenistan
Foreign relations of Turkmenistan
Foreign relations of Turkmenistan
- Diplomatic missions in Turkmenistan
- Diplomatic missions of Turkmenistan
International organization membership
International organization membership of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Turkmenistan
Law of Turkmenistan
- Capital punishment in Turkmenistan
- Constitution of Turkmenistan
- Human rights in Turkmenistan
- LGBT rights in Turkmenistan
- Freedom of religion in Turkmenistan
- Law enforcement in Turkmenistan
- Corruption in Turkmenistan
- Human trafficking in Turkmenistan
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan)
- Polygamy in Turkmenistan
- Prostitution in Turkmenistan
- Supreme Court of Turkmenistan
- Turkmen nationality law
Military of Turkmenistan
Military of Turkmenistan
- Command
- Forces
- Armed Forces of Turkmenistan
- Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)
- Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan)
- State Border Service of Turkmenistan
- State Security Council of Turkmenistan
- Turkmen Air Force
- Turkmen Ground Forces
- Turkmen Internal Troops
- Turkmen National Guard
- Turkmen Naval Forces
Local government in Turkmenistan
Local government in Turkmenistan
History of Turkmenistan
History of Turkmenistan
Culture of Turkmenistan
Culture of Turkmenistan
- Cuisine of Turkmenistan
- Languages of Turkmenistan
- Media in Turkmenistan
- National symbols of Turkmenistan
- Coat of arms of Turkmenistan
- Flag of Turkmenistan
- National anthem of Turkmenistan
- People of Turkmenistan
- Prostitution in Turkmenistan
- Public holidays in Turkmenistan
- Religion in Turkmenistan
- Buddhism in Turkmenistan
- Christianity in Turkmenistan
- Islam in Turkmenistan
- List of World Heritage Sites in Turkmenistan
Art and Culture in Turkmenistan
- Cinema of Turkmenistan
- Music of Turkmenistan
- Television in Turkmenistan
- Turkmen carpet
- Turkmen cuisine
- Turkmen language
- Turkmen literature
Sports in Turkmenistan
- Football in Turkmenistan
- Turkmenistan national football team
- Ice hockey in Turkmenistan
- Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team
- Turkmenistan at the Olympics
Economy and infrastructure of Turkmenistan
Economy of Turkmenistan
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 83rd (eighty-third)
- Agriculture in Turkmenistan
- Communications in Turkmenistan
- Companies of Turkmenistan
- Currency of Turkmenistan: Manat
- Energy in Turkmenistan
- Health care in Turkmenistan
- Tourism in Turkmenistan
- Transport in Turkmenistan
- Airports in Turkmenistan
- Rail transport in Turkmenistan
Education in Turkmenistan
Education in Turkmenistan
Health in Turkmenistan
Health in Turkmenistan
See also
Turkmenistan
- Index of Turkmenistan-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Turkmenistan-related topics
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Asia
- Outline of geography
References
External links