Turkmenistan

Summary Location: Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan Population: 5,097,028 (July 2007 est.) Capital: name: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) geographic coordinates: 37 57 N, 58 23 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) GDP per capita: $8,900 (2006 est.)

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