Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat) [a] [b] is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. [8] It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border.The city has a population of 1,030,063 (2022 census). Satellite view of Ashgabat. The city was founded …

The Ashgabat earthquake struck at 1:12 a.m. on October 6, 1948. The epicenter of the earthquake was near the small village of Gara-Gaudan, 25 kilometres southwest of Ashgabat.The earthquake caused extreme damage in Ashgabat and nearby villages, where almost all brick buildings collapsed, concrete structures were heavily damaged, and freight trains were derailed.

Ashgabat, city and capital of Turkmenistan.It lies in an oasis at the northern foot of the Kopet-Dag (Turkmen: Köpetdag) Range and on the edge of the Karakum (Turkmen: Garagum) Desert, about 19 miles (30 km) from the Iranian frontier. It was founded in 1881 as a Russian military fort and took the name of the nearby Turkmen settlement of Askhabad. It …

Achgabat (en turkmène : Aşgabat) ou Achkhabad (en russe : Ашхабад) est la principale ville, la plus grande ville et la capitale du Turkménistan, en Asie centrale. Elle se trouve dans une oasis du désert du Karakoum , au pied de la chaîne de Kopet-Dag , près de la frontière iranienne .

Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat, also Ashkabat, Ashkhabad, Ashgabad, etc.) is the capital of Turkmenistan, surrounded by Ahal Province.It was designed as to be an impressive capital city, filled with monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble. Street scene from Ashgabat Ylham Alley Ashgabat Beautiful view of Ashgabat city Street view of Ashgabat , Turkmenistan

Jun 3, 2021 · Ashgabat is a wealthy city packed with marble palaces, shining gold domes, and large expanses of polished streets. Ashgabat means “the city of love” translated from the Arabic language and it was founded in 1881.

Ashgabat, was named as Poltoratsk between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan in Central Asia.

The land of the Karakum Desert and the Great Silk Road of Turkmenistan is now one of the popular tourist destinations in Central Asia. Oases, deserts, caves, Muslim shrines, dinosaur plateaus and national parks harmoniously coexist here.

Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan, surrounded by Ahal Province. Ashgabat has about 909,000 residents. Mapcarta, the open map.

all about the old city of Aşgabat . A video about Old Asgabat (2000’s). Мой Ашхабад . Ashgabat is the capital of sovereign Turkmenistan. The city was founded in 1881 as a military fortification to replace the village of Ashgabat.