Capital city of Turkmenistan
The capital city has a total area of 295.37 square miles (765 km2).
Country : | Soviet Union |
State : | Ashgabat |
Postal code : | 744000 — 744901 |
Plate code : | AG |
Area : | 765 km2 |
Official name : | Aşgabat |
Named for : | Pavel Poltoratskiy |
Official language : | Turkmen |
Altitude : | 719 feet / 219 meters |
Capital city : | Ashgabat is capital of Poltorats Okrug |
Establishment : | January 01, 1881 (140 years ago) |
Time Zone : | UTC+05:00 |
Local time : | 21:26:54 (11th April 2021) |
Durdylyýew Şamuhammet ,
Year | Population | Method |
1897 | 19,426 | |
1939 | 126,635 | |
1959 | 169,935 | |
1970 | 253,118 | |
1979 | 312,024 | |
1989 | 401,135 | |
1995 | 540,600 | |
2009 | 909,000 | |
2012 | 1,031,992 | |
2019 | 828,100 |