| Official name: | Turkmenistan | ||||||||||
| Head of State: | President H.E. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | ||||||||||
| National Day: | 27th
of October |
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| Capital: | Ashkhabad | ||||||||||
| Area: | 491,200 sq. km | ||||||||||
| borders: | 3,736 km | ||||||||||
| Border countries: |
Afghanistan
744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan |
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| Coast line: |
None
(landlocked) |
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| Climate: | Sub-tropical desert | ||||||||||
| Natural resources: |
Oil, natural gas, coal, sulphur, salt |
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| Land use: |
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| Agricultural products: | Cotton, cereals, cattle | ||||||||||
| Population: | 88.1 % (2005) | ||||||||||
| Population growth rate: |
3.52% (2000) |
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| Ethnic composition: |
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| Religions: |
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| Languages: |
Turkmen (more than 80%), Russian, Uzbek and Kazakh |
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| Literacy: |
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Currency
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Manat(TMM) |
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| Exchange rate (TMM/US$): | 5200.00 TMM/US$ Annual Average (2005) | ||||||||||
| GDP: | 17174 Million US$ (2005) | ||||||||||
| GDP per capita : | 2624 US$ (2005) | ||||||||||
| GDP Growth rate: | 9.6 % (2005) | ||||||||||
| Inflation rate : | 10.5 % (2005) | ||||||||||
| Unemployment rate: | 2.5 % (2003) | ||||||||||
| Total Imports: | 4364 million US $ (2005) | ||||||||||
| Total Exports: | 6174 million US $ (2005) | ||||||||||
| Foreign Direct Investment: | 61.5 million US $ (2005) | ||||||||||
| Total External Debt : | 1007million US $ (2005) | ||||||||||
| Industries: |
Gas, oil products, textile, food |
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Transportation (1997): |
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