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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Turkmenistan
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +5
- Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Currency: manat (M)
- Country Dialing Code: 993
Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List by
- State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
- Kunya-Urgench
Turkmenistan
Location
Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
Capital
Ashgabat
Population
4,952,081 (July 2005 est.)
Regions
5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat): Ahal Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Climate
subtropical desert
Ethnic groups
Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003)
Religions
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
Languages
Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
Government type
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Background
Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerated. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects were to be expanded. The Turkmenistan Government is actively seeking to develop alternative petroleum transportation routes in order to break Russia's pipeline monopoly
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