Central Asia
Flag of Turkmenistan
A desert republic guarding a fiery pit and a white marble city.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #18a860 80%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Turkmenistan in numbers
| Official name | Turkmenistan |
|---|---|
| Capital | Ashgabat |
| Region | Central Asia, Asia |
| Population | 6,031,187 |
| Area | 488,100 km² · 12 people per km² |
| Currency | Turkmenistan manat (TMT) |
| Languages | Turkmen |
| Country codes | TM · TKM · .tm |
| Coastline | Landlocked |
Things worth knowing
- The Karakum Desert blankets roughly seven-tenths of Turkmenistan, leaving its people clustered along oases and rivers.
- Its capital, Ashgabat, is famed for gleaming white-marble buildings and holds a Guinness record for their concentration.
- The country sits atop some of the world's largest natural gas reserves, a backbone of its economy.
Did you know
The Darvaza gas crater, nicknamed the 'Door to Hell', has been burning continuously in the desert for decades.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.