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Area: 488,100km2
Population: Officially 6.9 million, unofficially 5.1 million (UN estimate, 2008)
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 and EBRD. It initialled a Partnership and Co-operation Agreement with the EU in May 1998. The UK and some other EU Partners have not ratified this Agreement.
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Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, British Embassy
Address:
British Embassy
Four Points Ak Altin Hotel
301-308 Office Building
Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
Telephone:
(993) (12) 363462/63/64
Fax:
(993) (12) 363465
Email: beasb@online.tm
Email: beasbppa@online.tm
Email: beasbppa@online.tm
Office hours:
Summer office hours
GMT:
Mon-Thurs: 0330-0730 and 0800-1130
Fri: 0330-0730 and 0800-1000
Local Time:
Mon-Thurs: 0830-1230 and 1300-1630
Fri: 0830-1230 and 1300-1500