Turkmenistan
Last reviewed: 13 March 2012

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Area: 488,100 km
Population: Officially 6.9 million, unofficially 5.1 million (UN estimate, 2009)
Capital City: Ashgabat (population unofficially estimated at approx.500,000)
People: 77% Turkmen, 9% Uzbeks, 7% Russians, 2% Kazakhs, 5% other
Languages: Russian and Turkmen
Religion(s): Sunni Muslim
Currency: Manat
Major political parties: Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
Head of State: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
Prime Minister/Premier: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
Foreign Minister: Rashid Meredov
Membership of international groupings/organisations: Turkmenistan is a member of the OSCE, the UN, the IMF, OIC and EBRD, and enjoys “associate membership” status in the CIS. It initialed a Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA) with the EU in May 1998.  The PCA is not yet in force.

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