Turkmenistan (TM) Ashgabat and Ahal Province

Image: The Neutrality Arch (constructed 1999) has a height of 75 meters. The monument contains a restaurant at the lowest level, a double observation deck at a higher level, and at the top, a statue of the late President for Life Saparmyrat Nyýazow Türkmenbaşy (1985-1991 of Turkmen SSR, 1991-2006 of independent Turkmenistan) which is covered in gold leaf. The statue rotates to face the sun.

Summary

Ashgabat is a major city with a population of 600 000. The major towns of Tejen (65 000), Abadan (45 000), Kaka (30 000), Sarahs (30 000), Annau (25 000), Baharly (25 000), and Babadaýhan (20 000) are also in the area.

Detailed Analysis

Ashgabat has a population of about 600 000. It is surrounded by Ruhabat district of Ahal Province. The 1989 census population of Ashkhabad was 405 157.

Ahal Province (Ahal welaýaty) has an area of 95 400 km² and a population of about 750 000 (2004 estimate). It is divided into 1 city, Abadan (31 588 as Bezmeyin in 1989), and 8 districts: Akbugdaý (capital Annau), Babadaýhan (43 776 in 1989 as Kirovskiy region), Baharly (59 010 in 1989), Gökdepe (63 526 in 1989), Kaka (52 430 in 1989), Ruhabat, Sarahs (32 227 in 1989), and Tejen (59 576 in 1989). In 1989, Akbugdaý and Ruhabat districts were parts of Ashkhabadskiy region (144 358). The 1989 census population of the current territory of Ahal Province was 526 640.

West Karakum (Baharly, Gökdepe, Abadan)

Bami (Бами) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Beurme (Беурме) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Murche (Мурче) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Baharly (16 823 as Baharden in 1989) in Baharly district has an area of 6.4 km² and an estimated population of 25 000.
Durun (Дурун) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Karagan (Караган) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Aktepe (Актепе) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Yaradzha (Яраджа) has an area of 1.5 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Tel'mana (Тельмана) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kursagir (Курсагир) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Gökdepe (14 478 in 1989) in Gökdepe district has an area of 4.1 km² and an estimated population of 17 000.
Dvadtsatyy Parts"yezda (XX Партсъезда) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Bol'shevik (Большевик) has an area of 2.1 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Birleshik Pervyy (Бирлешик Первый) has an area of 3.6 km² and an estimated population of 9 000.
Khurmangeokcha (Хурмангеокча) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Kelendzhar (Келенджар) has an area of 2.8 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Korzhou (Коржоу) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Baba-Arab (Баба-Араб) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Abadan (31 588 as Bezmeyin in 1989), a city, has an area of 16 km² and an estimated population of 45 000.
Kypchak has an area of 2.8 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Bagir (Багир) has an area of 4.5 km² and an estimated population of 13 000.
Geokcha (Геокча) has an area of 3.1 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Yalkim (Ялким) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.

Ashgabat area

Ashgabat (401 135 as Ashkhabad in 1989 census) has an area of 57 km² and an estimated population of 600 000.
An unidentified urban area 15 km N of Ashgabat has an area of 5.8 km² and an estimated population of zero.
Choganli (Чоганли) has an area of 3.8 km² and an estimated population of 12 000.
An unidentified urban area 6 km N of Ashgabat has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Kara-Damak (Кара-Дамак) has an area of 3.7 km² and an estimated population of 15 000.
Bikrava (Бикрава) has an area of 2.8 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Annau (9 332 in 1989 census) in Akbugdaý district has an area of 7.1 km² and an estimated population of 25 000.

East Karakum (Kaka)

Akbugdaý in Akbugdaý district has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Leninizm-Yoly (Ленинизм-Ёлы) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Kyurenkala (Кюренкала) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Mekhinli (Мехинли) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kaushut (Каушут) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Kazgankala (Казганкала) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Arabkala (Арабкала) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Kaka (13 707 as Kaakhka in 1989 census) has an area of 9.5 km² and an estimated population of 30 000.
Dushak (Душак, 4 814 in 1989 census) has an area of 4.3 km² and an estimated population of 9 000.

Tejen oasis (Babadaýhan, Tejen, Sarahs)

Tezeyol (Тезеёл) has an area of 4.6 km² and an estimated population of 9 000.
Karla Marksa (Карла Маркса) has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Lenina (Ленина) has an area of 5.7 km² and an estimated population of 14 000.
Babadaýhan (7 130 as Kirovsk in 1989 census) in Babadaýhan district has an area of 4.9 km² and an estimated population of 17 000.
Kalinina (Калинина) has an area of 6.7 km² and an estimated population of 17 000.
Znamya Oktyabrya (Знамя Октября) has an area of 3.5 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Kommunizm (Коммунизм) has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Sorok Let VLKSM (40 лет ВЛКСМ) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Kerbabayeva (Кербабаева) has an area of 2.8 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Chapayeva (Чапаева) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Lenin-Baydagy (Ленин-Байдагы) has an area of 1.5 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Sovet Turkmenistany (Совет Туркменистаны) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Pravda (Правда) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kirova (Кирова) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kommuna (Коммуна) has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Lenin-Yoly (Ленин-Ёлы) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Moskva (Москва) has an area of 2.7 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Komsomol (Комсомол) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Tejen (40 149 as Tedzhen in 1989 census) in Tejen district has an area of 9.7 km² and an estimated population of 65 000.
Zhdanova (Жданова) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Sovkhoz Tedzhen (Совхоз Теджен) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Kolkhoz Ashkhabad (Колхоз Ашхабад) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
An unidentified urban area 34 km SE of Tejen has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Komsomol (Комсомол) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of4 500.
Akchadepe (Акчадепе) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Meana (Меана) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 2 000.
Ata (Ата) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 1 500.
Alam (Алам) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Kichaga Vtoraya (Кичага 2-я) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Sarahs (9 585 as Serakhs in 1989 census) in Sarahs district has an area of 8.9 km² and an estimated population of 30 000.
Yalovach (Яловач) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 1 500.
Sovet"yab (Советъяб) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 1 500.