Local time
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Ashgabat
37.95° N, 58.38° E
- Population
- 727,700
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 7
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 7 cities of Turkmenistan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Turkmenistan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1881
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 219 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 765 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Ashgabat
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Practical bearings for Ashgabat, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Ashgabat have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Ashgabat derives from the Turkmen words "ushq," meaning "love," and "abad," meaning "inhabited place" or "town"; the city took its name from an ancient settlement on the site.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
