Ашхабад

Ашхабад, столица Туркменистана, представляет собой завораживающее сочетание архитектурного величия, культурного богатства и яркой энергии. Расположенный на перекрестке Центральной Азии, Ашхабад представляет собой увлекательное сочетание древних традиций и современного развития.

Одной из ярких особенностей Ашхабада является его впечатляющая архитектура. Город известен своими впечатляющими мраморными зданиями, за что получил прозвище «Город белого мрамора». Куда бы вы ни повернулись, вас будут встречать великолепные сооружения, украшенные замысловатым орнаментом и сверкающими фасадами. От правительственных зданий и музеев до мечетей и памятников – архитектурные чудеса Ашхабада создают потрясающий ландшафт.

Помимо своих замечательных зданий, Ашхабад богат богатым культурным наследием. Город с гордостью демонстрирует свои туркменские традиции через различные виды искусства, музыки и танцев. Традиционные ремесла, такие как ковроткачество, гончарное дело и изготовление ювелирных изделий, глубоко укоренились в местной культуре, и посетители имеют возможность наблюдать за работой искусных ремесленников.

Изучение местных рынков – обязательный опыт в Ашхабаде. Шумные базары наполнены множеством достопримечательностей, звуков и ароматов. Здесь вы можете просмотреть красочные прилавки, предлагающие все: от традиционного текстиля и изделий ручной работы до ароматных специй и свежих продуктов. Это отличная возможность пообщаться с местным сообществом, попробовать настоящие блюда и открыть для себя уникальные сувениры.

Ашхабад также предлагает многочисленные музеи и культурные центры, которые позволяют глубже понять историю и наследие Туркменистана. В Национальном музее Туркменистана хранится обширная коллекция артефактов, начиная от древних археологических находок и заканчивая современными произведениями искусства. Еще одна примечательная достопримечательность — Музей туркменского ковра, где посетители могут полюбоваться замысловатыми коврами и узнать об их значении в туркменской культуре.

Любители природы также найдут в Ашхабаде множество развлечений. Город окружен потрясающими горными хребтами, предлагающими возможности для пеших прогулок, треккинга и захватывающих дух видов. Близлежащие горы Копетдага создают живописный фон, а природные заповедники, такие как Кёв-Ата и Гёроглы, предлагают спокойное уединение от городской суеты.

В Ашхабаде также круглый год проводятся различные мероприятия и фестивали, демонстрирующие туркменские традиции и отмечающие национальные праздники. Эти культурные праздники дают захватывающий опыт и возможность стать свидетелем яркого духа города.

Подводя итог, можно сказать, что Ашхабад — очаровательное место, в котором древние традиции органично сочетаются с современными устремлениями. От великолепной архитектуры до ярких рынков, богатого культурного наследия и природной красоты – Ашхабад предлагает уникальные и очаровательные впечатления для каждого посетителя.

Getting to Turkmenistan

Air: Flights to Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Airport depart from a limited number of European airports including Frankfurt, Istanbul, London and Moscow. The airport has links to other central Asian cities such as Almaty in Kazakhstan and Urumqi in China.

Land: There are border crossings with Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. You will need to take a taxi, bus or marshrutka to the border. From there you can walk across.

We left Turkmenistan at the Dagosuz border crossing close to Urgench. Dagosuz railway station has links to Bukhara, Khiva, Samarkand, and Tashkent).

Sea: There is a crossing from Baku in Azerbaijan to Turkmenbashi in the west of Turkmenistan. There are no passenger ferries but it is possible to take one of the cargo vessels plying this route.

Think carefully before opting for this as delays are frequent. This could mean that your visa expires before you even get to Turkmenistan. We had two extra days built into our tour to cover such delays. However, it’s not been unheard of that a vessel could be waiting to dock for up to six days.

In the end our boat was only delayed by half a day and we were more or less on schedule. Our ticket for a seat in the passenger lounge cost $50 (cabin $90). There are no services on board so make sure you stock up with enough food and water to last the duration and possible delays.  Aside from the uncertainties, this is by far the most rewarding way to arrive in (or leave) Turkmenistan.

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About the author:Steve Rohan is a writer from Essex, England. He has traveled to over 60 countries, lived in Armenia, China and Hong Kong, and is now living the digital nomad life on the road.

Steve prefers “slow travel” and has covered much of the world by train, bus and boat. He has been interviewed multiple times by the BBC and recently featured in the documentary Scariest Places in the World. See the About page for more info.

Where I am now: Yerevan, Armenia

National Museum of Turkmenistan

The National Museum of Turkmenistan covers an area of approximately 15,000 square meters and is home to more than 500,000 items. Established in 1990, it consists of seven galleries each exploring a different facet of Turkmenistan history. The most interesting of these exhibits are found within the archaeology and ethnography departments with rare items and artwork dating back thousands of years. The museum also reveals the variety of Turkmenistan’s flora and fauna through many fossils and rare geological finds. The museum also has a unique collection of Turkmen art, weapons, jewelry, and historical documents. If you want to learn the history of Turkmenistan, the museum is the go-to place.

Name：National Museum of Turkmenistan
Address：Archabil Avenue, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Other rather odd things to do in Ashgabat:

Tolkuchka Bazaar, Carpet Museum, etc

Ashgabat is the only place in Turkmenistan you can explore without a guide. Other than visiting the over-the-top marble monuments scattered around the city, you could check out Tolkuchka Bazaar – used to be a colorful market but now located at a dull, grey complex, Turkmen Carpet Museum – which houses the largest handwoven carpet in the world, or ride on the cableway to Kopet Dag for a view over the city.

Largest flag pole

Oh, Ashgabat also has the world’s 5th largest flag hoisted on a 133-meter flag poll near the National Museum. I didn’t go visit the flag (because honestly, I couldn’t care less), but apparently it is quite impressive. It used to be the largest flag in the world, but it has now been dethroned by the ones in Jeddah, Pyongyang, Baku, and Dushanbe.

I don’t usually get a lot of requests for pictures. Turkmenistan was an exception!

Now that you know all of these random Turkmenistan facts, would you want to visit Ashgabat, Turkmenistan?

You can read more about my trip to Turkmenistan here

Nisa Ruins

About 18 kilometers to the West of Ashgabat lie the ruins of Nisa, an important city of the ancient Parthian Empire. The site consists of Old and New Nisa, with the latter having been developed in the 3rd Century BC. The two sites tell the story of an ancient civilization that incorporated foreign and traditional cultural elements to create fascinating items. Archaeological evidence points to the ruins having been used for religious and state functions. The strategic location of the ancient city at the crossroads of regional trade routes gave it political significance in addition to being a major trading and communication hub in the region.

Name：Nisa Ruins
Address：Ashgabat City, Turkmenistan

Ashgabat Travel: How to Get There

Getting to Ashgabat and Turkmenistan is a pain; first, you will have to get a visa which is one of the hardest in the world.It’s also very important that if you are planning to stay in Turkmenistan for more than 3 days, you will have to register with the government, the registration will be stamped into your passport, and it will be checked when leaving the country.

If you have booked a tour with a guide, your guide will take care of the registration.

The only way to get a tourist visa is through a local travel agency; he will arrange all the papers so that you can get the visa on arrival at the airport.

In 2016 a new international airport opened at Ashgabat International Airport, the world’s most beautiful airport terminal shaped like a bird.

The front of the new Ashgabat International Airport
Inside Ashgabat International Airport
Ashgabat International Airport

While the terminal holds all that you would expect from a top international airport, so do very few international airlines fly into Ashgabat International Airport.

• China Southern Airlines: Urumqi
• FlyDubai: Dubai United Arab Emirates
• S7: Moscow Domodedovo
• Turkish Airlines: Istanbul

The national airline Turkmenistan Airlines just recently got its permits back on December 9 to fly to the EU after being banned from EU airspace for 10 months.

Where To Stay In Ashgabat

I actually visited Ashgabat as part of a tour of Turkmenistan that was unfortunately cut short as the country decided to shutter its borders on the tours’ intended arrival date (so basically I paid quite a bit of money to go to Turkmenistan and lost 5 days of the trip), as such I didn’t even pay attention to what hotel I stayed at in Ashgabat but through google images and memory I finally figured out it was the Ak Altyn Hotel (if you read my blog routinely, you should know already that I’m a sucky blogger).

As most of you that will visit will likely do as I did and book a full-blown tour, your hotel will be chosen for you. If you are going to attempt to visit Turkmenistan on the coveted Turkmen transit visa, you will need to book your own hotels, though it’s worth noting that you cannot book hotels online in Turkmenistan and many will only let you book the day of by calling (weird, but okay). Hotels require foreigners to pay in USD and locals in Manat but the same number, meaning that if the room is US $100 for you, it’s 100 Manat for a local (the exchange rate tends to loosely hover around $1 USD = 3.50 Manat).

Gypjak Mosque

The Gypjak Mosque, also known as the Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque is the main mosque in Turkmenistan and also the largest of its kind in Central Asia. It was commissioned by Saparmurat Niyazov, the first president of Turkmenistan in 2002, and was built in his home village of Gypjak about 10 kilometers from Ashgabat. The white-marble complex was built by a French company and completed in 2004 becoming an iconic landmark visible from miles away. The mosque is a single-domed building surrounded by four minarets and is accessible through nine arched entries. Numerous fountains surround the mosque which also has underground parking. Its interior is as exquisite adding to its appeal making it a must-see while in Ashgabat.

Name：Gypjak Mosque
Address：M37, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Things To Do In Ashgabat

Independence Park

Independence Park is dominated by the massive Independence Monument that many refer to as the ‘giant toilet plunger’. The monument is actually inspired by the shape of the traditional hat worn by Turkmen girls.

Walking along the park you’ll find a golden statue of Saparmurat Niyazov, better known as Turkmenbashi, the first forever-president of Turkmenistan until his death in 2006.

Another main draw to visiting Independence Park is the Ruhnama Monument. The Ruhnama (Book of the Soul) is a book that was written by Saparmurat Niyazov to serve as a map of moral and spiritual guidance, including a Turkmanbashified version of revisionist history, and an autobiography (it’s a dry read, to be totally honest). The Ruhnama Monument lights and opened up and plays music in the evening.

At the southern end of Independence Park, you can find the gold-domed Palace of Knowledge the holds a library, a concert hall, and the Turkmenbashi Museum which houses every gift ever given to the eccentric president.

Alim Entertainment Center

Fancy a ride on the world’s largest indoor Ferris wheel? Here’s your chance.

The US $90 million monstrosity that is the Alim Entertainment Center also features a bowling alley, planetarium, restaurant, and movie theatre.

Independence Square

Independence Square is essentially Ashgabat’s center, home to the Palace of Turkmenbashi, the building in which Saparmurat Niyazov worked.

The Ruhyyet Palace can also be found in the square, which is a place where official state events are held, such as inaugurations. Don’t miss the Ministry of Fairness and Ministry of Defense buildings.

Arch of Neutrality

The Arch of Neutrality is one of Ashgabat’s stranger attractions and the centerpiece of what you could refer to Niyazov’s Weirdistan. Constructed to celebrate Turkmenbashi’s 1995 national policy of permanent neutrality in 1998.

The arch itself isn’t inherently weird itself albeit looking a bit like a space rocket, but the 12-meter tall gold statue of Saparmurat Niyazov is without a question odd. He used to spin around, always facing the sun, but has since stopped rotating.

The Arch of Neutrality reportedly cost US $12 million to erect, ironic given that most Turkmens live in penury despite Turkmenistan having the fourth largest gas reserve in the world.

Check out my photos from my all-too-short visit to Turkmenistan

Giant Thermometer

In a roundabout of Ashgabat’s white-marble-clad building lined streets sits a giant thermometer. Not the largest in the world, but one of the more unusual roundabout ornaments.

Constitution Monument

The Constitution Monument is Turkmenistan’s second tallest building at 185 meters, serving as a monument to the Turkmen Constitution, just as the name implies.

The Wedding Palace

All throughout Central Asia, wedding halls are a big thing (they seemed quite odd to me growing up in Alaska where most opt to get married outdoors or in a church).

The Ashgabat Wedding Palace is a bizarre structure sitting atop a hill with sweeping views over the city. It’s a white geometric construction in typical Ashgabat fashion, with a globe sat inside an eight-point Turkmen star featuring a map of Turkmenistan in gold.

Turkmenistan TV Tower

The 211 meter tall TV Tower is the tallest structure in all of Turkmenistan. It features a revolving restaurant on the 29th floor.

Ruhy Mosque

Ruhy Mosque is more than just a mosque, it’s the final resting place of our beloved Saparmurat Niyazov.

The walls of the mosque feature scriptures from the Quran, which is par for course regarding mosques, but unlike other mosques (as well controversial), the walls feature quotes from the Ruhnama too.

Carpet Museum

The carpet museum houses the (this is a Turkmen claim, as the largest as far as Guinness is concerned is inside the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi) world’s biggest hand-woven carpet.

Unless you’re really into Turkmen handicrafts and carpet, the museum isn’t the most fascinating.

Find out everything you need to know to visit the Darvaza Gas Crater

The Walk Of Health

With the intent of improving the health of Turkmenistan’s population, Niyazov had the Serdar Health Path (known as the Walk of Health) constructed.

Somehow the fact that the path carries on through a mostly treeless expanse in brutally hot Ashgabat (in the summer anyway) was overlooked.

Either way, Niyazov ordered all civil servants, members of parliament, and ministers to complete the Walk of Health as he watched from above in a helicopter.

Экономика

Транспорт

Транспортная система Ашхабада представлена автомобильным, железнодорожным и воздушным транспортом. 



Международный аэропорт Ашхабада — единственный аэропорт Туркменистана, принимающий регулярные международные пассажирские авиарейсы. 


От железнодорожного вокзала Ашхабада ежедневно отправляются 8 поездов дальнего следования (пассажирские и скорые), связывающий Ашхабад с административными центрами велаятов.

Основными видами городского общественного транспорта в Ашхабаде являются автобусы и такси.

Сеть автобусных маршрутов Ашхабада состоит из более шестидесяти линий общей длиной более 2,230 километров.

С 1964 в Ашхабаде существовала также троллейбусная сеть, однако к 2012 году все вся ее инфраструктура в городе была поэтапно уничтожена, а техника отправлена в утиль.

Торговля и общественное питание

В Ашхабаде работает большое количество торговых центров, крупнейший из которых — торгово-развлекательный центр «Беркарар», открытый в декабре 2014 года.

База данных сервиса TripAdvisor содержит данные о 87 работающих в Ашхабаде ресторанах, включая рестораны туркменской, русской, турецкой, французской, итальянской, японской кухни, а также кафе и ресторанах быстрого питания.

Крупнейшие мировые сети ресторанов быстрого питания и кафе в Ашхабаде не представлены, за исключением единственного кафе-мороженого под американским брендом «Баскин Роббинс», открытого в торговом центре «Беркарар» в январе 2015 года.

Финансы

В Ашхабаде расположен Центральный банк Туркменистана, Государственный банк внешнеэкономической деятельности Туркменистана, а также головные офисы всех коммерческих банков Туркменистана.



Единственный иностранный банк, имеющий представительство (филиал) в Ашхабаде — банк «Садерат Иран» (Иран).

Вопрос лингвистического характера.

Хочу поинтересоваться, какое написание слова «Ашхабад» на украинском языке является правильным. Дело в том, что в разных источниках это слово пишется по-разному: в украинской Википедии — «Ашгабат», в Украинской Советской Энциклопедии — «Ашхабад» (прямо как на русском), а в книге президента Туркмении Гурбангулы Бердымухамедова «Духовное величие туркмен» вообще «Ашґабат». Интересно какое из этих написаний является верным.

Лучший ответ

В 1992 году город Ашхабад был переименован в Ашгабад, на Украине стали называть город по новому, в России осталось прежнее название, отсюда и такое различие в старых и новых украинских источниках.

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А откуда же появился вариант «Ашґабат» из книги Бердымухамедова?

Alex Iven Искусственный Интеллект (125716) Твоя МаМка ЕпТа ., тут главный принцип был — лишь бы как не по русский, поэтому переименование подхватили и украинские националисты.

A Tour of Ashgabat

The next day we rose early and tucked into another good breakfast of eggs, ham, bread and coffee. We were due to hit the road at 3 pm for our journey across the desert to Darvaza and the Door to Hell.

But before that we needed to register our presence in the country and drop our passports off at the tourist agency in downtown Ashgabat. This would be combined with a brief sightseeing tour of the city.

We were picked up at 10 am and taken to the National Museum. We decided against paying the ten dollar entrance fee and had a wander around the grounds. Next, we went to the Owadan Tourism office to hand in our passports and then continued our drive through the city.

There were scarcely any cars on the road or people about. No mothers with pushchairs, or people taking a stroll on this sunny morning. No workers save for policeman and street cleaners with their strange bright blue robes; faces obscured by a headdress to shield against the strong sun.

We certainly didn’t see any other tourists about, not even at the main sites which was truly bizarre. I’ve never seen such an empty city, let alone a capital. What was also strange was the lack of shops. All you could see was white marble buildings and no other obvious signs of habitation.

Empty Streets of AshgabatAshgabat

Independence Park

We drove on to Independence Park, 2km of monuments and dictator kitsch in the centre of Ashgabat. Again, empty save for the cleaners and soldiers guarding the place.

We had to be very careful about where we could take photos. All the usual places a tourist would want to photograph are strictly off-limits and Turkmenistan is not the sort of place where you want to break the rules.

We would constantly check with our driver if it was okay to photograph this or that. As long as we avoided soldiers, the police and all government buildings we were told we would be okay. The problem is the city mostly consists of government buildings, soldiers and police.

Things to do in Ashgabat – Independence Park

The park was pleasant enough. Spotlessly clean and a few trees and shrubs were dotted around the gold and marble monuments and ornamental fountains. Statues of proud Turkmen stood defiantly clutching weapons, the gold glinting strongly in the sunlight.

We made our way to the other side of the park and were greeted by a giant statue of the Ruhnama, Niyazov’s lengthy tome to the nation that is required reading in all schools. A mixture of folk poems, moral guidance and autobiography, it was first released in 2001 and reissued again in 2004.

The Ruhnama, Turkmenbashi’s “Little Green Book”, Central Ashgabat

Halk Hakydasy Memorial Park, Ashgabat

We then moved on to the memorial park dedicated to the victims of the 1948 earthquake that raised the city to the ground. The park was very similar to those found in ex-soviet cities, with square-jawed soldiers peering out from large walls in the soviet-realist style.

An enormous bullock stood atop a monolith with a golden baby clutching a globe, and an eternal flame burned, flanked by two rigid soldiers. I asked one of them if it was okay to take photographs and he tersely nodded in agreement.

Things to do in Ashgabat – Halk Hakydasy Memorial Park

By now the sun was high in the sky and I could feel my skin start to burn. It must have been 35c and we decided to escape the sun and head back to the hotel, which we could see perched on the hilltop across a small valley. It was now lunchtime and we needed to pack and be ready by 3pm for our desert adventure at Darvaza.

Demographics

Ashgabat had a population of 695,300 in 2001. Ashgabat has a primarily Turkmen population, with minorities of ethnic Russians, Armenians, and Azeris. The Türkmen language, a member of the East Oghuz branch of Turkic, is spoken by 72 percent of the population, 12 percent speak Russian, nine percent speak Uzbek language, while languages spoken by the remainder are not specified but includes the Balochi language.

Türkmenistan remained secular after independence, although a cultural revival has occurred since then with the return of moderate Islam. Ashgabat has a primarily Sunni Muslim population, with 89 percent as Sunni Muslims of the Hanafi school, Eastern Orthodox make up nine percent, and the religious affiliation of the remaining two percent is unknown.

Education was in the Islamic tradition before the state-funded Soviet system, which remained after independence. There are kindergartens and elementary schools, and graduation at eighth grade is mandatory. Tertiary educational institutions include the Turkmen A.M. Gorkii State University, as well as polytechnic, agricultural, and medical institutes. The Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan is an important institute of higher learning, which has a unique Institute of Deserts. The Ashgabat International School is a private, non-profit day school for students of all nationalities.

Ashgabat: The White Marble City Capital of Turkmenistan

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How to Travel to Ashgabat 

Turkmenistan is an incredibly isolated state, both politically and geographically, and for that reason, it’s a country that only a few thousand tourists visit each year. 

Visas are notoriously difficult and time-consuming to procure, but far from impossible, while travel restrictions for those that make it here ensure that the opportunities for independent travel are unfortunately limited. 

The only way to secure a tourist visa is to join a tour, and the simplest way to get in is to have a company arrange your visas and travel. If you don’t want to be part of a group, then you can also arrange private tours. 

The only way to travel semi-independently is to arrange a transit visa, but these are often denied for no reason and require you to be traveling overland from one country to the next.

These visas are generally limited to just five days but would give you enough time to see the best of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. 

If you have a tour, you can fly into Ashgabat’s airport, as there are limited international connections, while you can also travel overland from Uzbekistan or from Iran.

If you are feeling adventurous, you can even try to catch the Caspian Sea Ferry from Baku to the port of Turkmenbashi, then travel overland to Ashgabat. 

Best Time to Visit Ashgabat 

Ashgabat has a desert-like climate, and that means the summers are brutally hot while in winter the temperatures can drop well below freezing. 

It’s best to avoid the height of summer, between May and September when the weather is unbearably hot, and the sun is intense. Temperatures regularly rise above 40 degrees Celsius in summer. 

It’s also best to avoid the height of winter, between November and March, leaving you spring and autumn to travel to Turkmenistan when the weather is at its most pleasant. 

What to Expect in Ashgabat 

By all accounts, Ashgabat is a bizarre city to visit in comparison to your average tourist destination, and even if you have experience traveling through Central Asia and the post-Soviet world, the city will still surprise you with its surreal atmosphere. 

Turkmenistan is often compared to North Korea, but while both states see few visitors and are politically estranged from the rest of the world, the capital of Turkmenistan is a much glitzier and glamorous affair than Pyongyang, because this is not a poor city in the slightest. 

This is essentially a police state, and in Ashgabat, you need to be aware of where you are going and what you are photographing, as there are restrictions in many places that might not be obvious at first.

You will also notice that the ruling President is everywhere, with monuments and portraits all over the city. He even has months of the year named in his honor. Be careful not to criticize, or worst of all, insult the President. 

Our Top Recommended Tours including Ashgabat:

• G Adventures Best of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
• G Adventures The Five Stans of the Silk Road
• Top Natural Highlights of Turkmenistan
• Best of Turkmenistan Tour
• Tashkent to Ashgabat Tour

Виза и въезд

Для посещения Туркменистана с туристической целью требуется
оформление соответствующей визы, что можно сделать, подав пакет
документов в посольство. Причем для положительного решения
потребуется ходатайство принимающей туристической организации.
Личное заявление просителя тоже может основанием для предоставления
визы, но есть вероятность в получении отказа.

Визу можно оформить и непосредственно в аэропорту Ашхабада, но
это обойдется вам в $155, что дороже первого варианта ввиду
срочности. Также в течение трех дней по прибытию необходимо
зарегистрироваться в органах Государственной миграционной службы
Туркменистана.

Туркменистан – не самая простая для посещения страна.
Однако хлопоты, связанные с оформлением въездных документов,
целиком и полностью себя оправдывают уникальными возможностями для
отдыха.

Законодательство Туркменистана

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Ашхабад — столица Туркменистана (Туркмении)

Ашхабад, ранее также Асхабад и Полторацк — столица Туркмении, отдельная административная единица.

Согласно официальным оценкам на 1 января 2012 года в Ашхабаде проживало 12,7 % населения Туркмении. При этом оценки численности страны официально не публикуются, перепись населения запланирована на 2012 год. ЦРУ США оценивают численность населения страны в размере 5,0 — 5,1 млн. чел., что позволяет предполагать численность населения города в размере до 650 тыс. чел. Последняя официальная оценка (на 2001 год) численности населения города составляла 712 тыс. человек.

Туркмены в городе составляют более 3/4 населения (77 %). В городе также проживают русские, узбеки, азербайджанцы, турки, армяне, персы, украинцы, казахи, татары, всего более 100 национальностей.

Власти Туркмении с провозглашением независимости провели массовую кампанию переименования и «туркменизации» названий населённых пунктов. В связи с этим в русскоязычных СМИ Туркмении (в том числе на веб-сайтах) столица Туркмении именуется Ашгабат, так как именно эта форма более всего соответствует оригинальному туркменскому названию. Название города в переводе с персидского означает «Город любви».

В России, согласно Распоряжению Администрации Президента Российской Федерации от 17 августа 1995 г. № 1495 «О написании названий государств — бывших республик СССР и их столиц», в служебной переписке и официальных переговорах столица Туркмении именуется Ашхабад.

Через город пролегает железная дорога Туркменбаши (Красноводск) — Мары — Туркменабат (Чарджоу).

В 1948 году в Ашхабаде произошло катастрофическое землетрясение силой в эпицентральной области 9-10 баллов, одно из крупнейших на Земле в XX веке. Город был полностью разрушен. По разным оценкам в тот трагический день погибло от 1/2 до 2/3 населения города (то есть от 60 до 110 тысяч человек, так как сведения о числе жителей неточны). Помощь народов СССР способствовала восстановлению Ашхабада в короткие сроки.

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• ТерриторияТуркмении
• Ашхабад— столица Туркмении
• Население Туркмении: ~6,700,000 (2011)
• Валюта Туркмении: Манат (TMM)
• Президент Туркмении: Сердар Бердымухамедов
• Местное время: GMT +5
• Телефонный код: +993
• Государственная символика

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