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Ashgabat city overview
Ashgabat is a city in Turkmenistan shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseAshgabat International (ASG)
Known forAshgabat, Capital city in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat planning base 3, Ashgabat planning base 4
RegionTurkmenistanTurkmenistan
Time zoneAsia/Ashgabatlocal time
Founded1919historical origin
City history
From 1919 until 1927, the city was renamed Poltoratsk after a local revolutionary, Pavel Poltoratskiy.
Ashgabat is called Aşgabat (transliterated as "Ashgabat") in Turkmen, Russian: Ашхабад, romanized: Ashkhabad in Russian from 1925 to 1991, and عشقآباد ('Ešqābād) in Persian.
Before 1991, the name was usually spelled Ashkhabad in English, a transliteration of the Russian form.
Turkmen historian Ovez Gundogdiyev believes that the name goes back to the Parthian era, 3rd century BC, deriving from the name of the founder of the Parthian Empire, Arsaces I of Parthia, in Persian.
It has also been variously spelled Ashkhabat and Ashgabad.
Although the name literally means "city of love" or "city of devotion" in modern Persian, the name might have been modified through folk etymology.
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Ashgabat
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Capital city in Turkmenistan
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Ashgabat planning base 3
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Ashgabat planning base 4
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Ashgabat planning base 5
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Ashgabat planning base 6
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Ashgabat International (ASG) arrival plan
- Ashgabat International (ASG)Ashgabat International (ASG), Ashgabat
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Rental cars
Ashgabat day-trip car use
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Best time to visit
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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Booking detail
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Upcoming events
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