Ashgabat
capital city of Turkmenistan
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Summary
Ashgabat is an administrative territorial entity of Turkmenistan[1]. Ashgabat draws 20,374 Wikipedia views per month (administrative territorial entity of turkmenistan category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Turkmenistan[4]
- Country: Turkmenistan[5]
- Head of government: Shamuhammet Durdylyyev[6]
- Instance of: city[7], first-level administrative division[8], big city[9]
- Official language: Turkmen[10]
- Shares border with: Ahal Region[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bagtyýarlyk District[12], Berkararlyk District[13], Büzmeýin District[14], Kopetdag District[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Ankara[16], Albuquerque[17], Bamako[18], Athens[19], Kyiv[20], Bishkek[21], Aktau[22]
- Postal code: 744000 — 744901[23]
- Commons category: Aşgabat[24]
- Licence plate code: AG[25]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:00[26]
- Inception: 1881[27]
- Official website: http://ashgabat.gov.tm/en/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ashgabat[29]
- Commons gallery: Aşgabat[30]
- Population: 1,030,063[31], 169,935[32], 253,118[33], 312,024[34], 401,135[35], 540,600[36], 828,100[37], 19,426[38], 126,635[39]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[44], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[45]
- Capital of: Turkmenistan[46]
- Official name: Ашхабад[47], Aşgabat[48], Ашгабад[49]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ashgabat[50]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ashgabat[51]
- Demonym: Achgabatais[52], Achgabataise[53], Ashgabati[54]
- Native label: Aşgabat[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Ashgabat include Ashgabat International Airport[56], an international airport[57], in Turkmenistan[58], founded in 1994[59].
Why It Matters
Ashgabat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Ashgabat is known by 133 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for Ashgabat include Ashgabat International Airport[56], an international airport[57], in Turkmenistan[58], founded in 1994[59].