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Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Background Stats

Neighboring countries and territories:

Afghanistan (L) Azerbaijan (M) Iran Kazakhstan Uzbekistan (L)

Definitions

  • Independence day date: Date.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • Number of maritime boundary neighbours: Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Independence day date October 27 1991
Land border length 3,736 km 2014 51st out of 200
National anthems Gara\u015fsyz, Bitarap T\u00fcrkmenistany\u0148 D\u00f6wlet Gimni ( Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem ) 2011
Number of maritime boundary neighbours 3 2014 86th out of 171
Overview

Turkmenistan is made up mainly of desert and has the smallest population of the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia.

The government is autocratic, but the strict isolation imposed by eccentric dictator Saparmurat Niyazov has lifted somewhat after his death.

The country says it has the world's fifth largest estimated reserves of natural gas.


Full Article
2013

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of national independence days (List); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders) (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); Wikipedia: List of national anthems (Anthems of United Nations member states) ("List of Member States" . United Nations . Retrieved 2011-07-21 .); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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