GeoPointe - Turkmenistan

Official Name: Turkmenistan
Location: Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan.
Capital: Ashgabat

Area:	total: 488,100 sq km
	land: 488,100 sq km
	water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m. (Elevation of Lake Sarygamysh Koli fluctuates above and below the level of Vpadina Akchanaya, has dropped as low as -110 m).
Highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m

Women Selling Bread At The Market., Mary, Mary, Turkmenistan

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Population: 5,097,028 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Turkmen(s) Ethnic groups: Turkmen 77%, Uzbek 9.2%, Russian 6.7%, Kazakh 2%, other 5.1%. Religions: Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%. Languages: Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%.

Subtropical desert.

Government type: Republic.
Independence: 27 October 1991 (from the Soviet Union).
National holiday: Independence Day, 27 October (1991).