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Fun fact 3 about Ashgabat

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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
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Ashgabat

Turkmenistan

Country
Turkmenistan
Population
1.0M
Coordinates
37.95, 58.38
300th most populous city in the world

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.

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