Fun facts about Ashgabat
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Ashgabat was renamed Poltoratsk from 1919 until 1927 after a local revolutionary.
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.
From the “Etymology” section
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The highest point in Ashgabat is a 401-metre high sandhill upon which the Ýyldyz Hotel was built.
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.
From the “Geography” section
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Ashgabat grew on the ruins of the Silk Road city of Konjikala, which was first mentioned as a wine-producing village in the 1st-2nd century BC.
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.
From the “History” section
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In 2013, Ashgabat was included in the Guinness Book of Records as possessing the world's highest concentration of white marble buildings.
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.
From the “History” section
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Following independence in 1991, Ashgabat's architecture began to feature nearly universal facing with white marble.
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.
From the “Architecture” section
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Photo: John Pavelka from Austin, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0