Turkmenistan

Surface:   491.210  square kilometer

Capital:   Ashgabat

Population and density:   5,9 Mio  /  13,7 Inhabitants per square kilometer

Population structure:

• 74 % Turkmen
• 9 % Uzbek
• 7 % Russian
•  3 % Kazakh
• 7 % Others

Currency:   Turkmen Manat

Source: Wikipedia

Continue to photographic impressions from Turkmenistan

UNESCO World Heritage in Turkmenistan:

• State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”
• Kunya-Urgench
• Parthian Fortresses of Nisa

Intangible Cultural Heritage in Turkmenistan:

• Traditional turkmen carpet making art (2019)
• Kushtdepti rite of singing and dancing (2017)
• Epic art of Gorogly (2015)