Ashgabat (Aşgabat in Turkmen) (or formerly Ashkhabad or Poltoratsk) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia. It has a population of 695,300 (2001 census estimate) and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and the Kopet
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