Turkmenistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Turkmenistan Türkmenistan Flag Emblem Anthem Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem ... Turkmen Language for inter-ethnic
communication Russian Demonym Turkmen Government ... Independence from the Soviet Union Declared Recognized Area Total
Population Density 10.5/km
GDP PPP Total $31.966 billion Per capita HDI medium Currency Turkmen new manat TMT Time zone ... DST not observed UTC Drives on the right TM Internet TLD .tm Calling code The Turkmenistan Turkmen Türkmenistan ), also known as Turkmenia Russian ) is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia . Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union , the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR). Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, Uzbekistan to the east and northeast, Kazakhstan to the north and northwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Turkmenistan's GDP growth rate of 6.1% in 2009 ranks 16th in the world, but these figures are subject to wide margins of error. It possesses the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas resources. Although it is wealthy in natural resources in certain areas, most of the country is covered by the | |
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