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 30 
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 Flag description 
Green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs) stacked above two crossed olive branches similar to the olive branches on the UN flag; a white crescent moon and five white stars appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe.
 
          Turkmenistan          
 
 Turkmenistan 
 Capital: 
Ashgabat
 Administrative
 divisions: 
5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat): Ahal Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dasoguz Welayaty, Labap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), and Mary Welayaty.
Administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses).
 Population: 
4,688,963 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
40° 00' N, 60° 00' E
 Area total: 
488,100 sq. km
 Land area: 
488,100 sq. km
 Water area: 
0 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
3,736 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km
 Coastline: 
0 km
Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m - Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m
Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
 Internet
 country code: 
.tm
 Currency: 
Turkmen manat (TMM)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
none
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Turkmenistan
 Name - local
 long form: 
none
 Name - local
 short form: 
Turkmenistan
 Former name: 
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
 Independence: 
27 October 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
 Constitution: 
adopted 18 May 1992
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 27 October (1991)
 
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