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List All Cities in Turkmenistan Listing cities Turkmenistan database :
Abadan Akdepe A?gabat - Capital Bäherden Balkanabat Baýramaly Bekibent Bokurdak Burdalyk Bygdaili cagyl car?a??y ce?me Darganata Da?oguz Davaly Deverze Djachev Ekezhe Esenguly Garryqala Gazandzhyk Gumdag Gyshgy Gyzyletrek Jasga Kaka Karabogazkel Keneurgench Kerki Kunya Urgench Lekker Mary Ogryda Repatek Saragt Serdar (Gyzylarbat) Shasenem Tagtabazar Tejen Turkmenabat (formerly Chardzhev) Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk) Uchadzhy Ýerbent Ýolöten
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Background
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Eastern Turkmenistan for centuries formed part of the Persian province of Khurasan; in medieval times Merv (today known as Mary) was one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an important stop on the Silk Road. Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects were to be expanded. The Turkmenistan Government is actively seeking to diversify its gas export routes beyond the existing Russian pipeline network. President for Life Saparmurat NYYAZOW died in December 2006, and Turkmenistan held its first multi-candidate presidential electoral process in February 2007. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, a vice premier under NYYAZOW, emerged as the country's new president.
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Population
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4,940,916 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat) and 1 independent city*: Ahal Welayaty (Anew), Ashgabat*, Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty
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Administrative divisions
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defines itself as a secular democracy and a presidential republic; in actuality displays authoritarian presidential rule, with power concentrated within the executive branch
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Independence
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Independence Day, 27 October (1991)
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International organization participation
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green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five tribal guls (designs used in producing carpets) stacked above two crossed olive branches; five white stars and a white crescent moon appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe; the green color and crescent moon represent Islam, the five stars symbolize the regions or welayats of Turkmenistan
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing
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Agriculture - products
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-26.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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15.5 billion kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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13 billion kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity - production
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2.5 billion kWh (2009 est.)
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Oil - production
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38,360 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Internet country code
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75,000 (2008)
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