Turkmenistan Geography

Country Name: Turkmenistan

Capital City: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)

Population: 5,097,028 (July 2007 est.)

Population Growth: 1.617% (2007 est.)

Currency: Turkmen manat (TMM)

Languages: Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%

Area:

Inflation Rate: 11% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 60% (2004)

Domain extension:

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF TURKMENISTAN

Location:

Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan

Geographic Co-ordinates:

40 00 N, 60 00 E

Area - total:

488,100 sq km

Area - total:

488,100 sq km

Area - land:

488,100 sq km

Area - water:

NEGL

Land Boundaries:

3,736 km

Border Countries:

Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km

Terrain:

flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west

Elevation - highest point:

Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)

Natural Resources:

petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt

Arable Land:

4.51%

Permanent Crops:

0.14%

Other Land Use:

95.35% (2005)

Natural Hazards: