Turkmenistan

About Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Turkmenistan. In Arabic, the name is written تركمانستان, and the capital عشق آباد. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Turkmenistan is Ashgabat. Ashgabat lies at about 38° north and 58° east. Turkmenistan has 2 official languages: Russian and Turkmen. Its currency is the Turkmenistani Manat, with the symbol ⁨m⁩ and the international code TMT.

Turkmenistan covers about 488,100 square kilometres, which puts it 53rd by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 4 neighbours: Kazakhstan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. The largest of these neighbours by area is Kazakhstan. Other countries in Central Asia include Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Turkmenistan with the other countries of the same region.