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Capital of Turkmenistan
The capital of Turkmenistan is Ashgabat. The largest, Ashgabat, has around 1,030,063 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALAshgabat
POPULATION1,030,063
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Ashgabat1,030,063 people
In context
Where Ashgabatsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MAshgabat is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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