Fun fact 5 about Ashgabat
city
Following independence in 1991, Ashgabat's architecture began to feature nearly universal facing with white marble.
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
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Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Country
Turkmenistan
Population
1.0M
Coordinates
37.95, 58.38
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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