Capital City | Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) |
Capital location | 37 57 N, 58 23 E |
Capital - history | derived from the Persian words eshq meaning "love" and abad meaning "inhabited place" or "city," and so loosely translates as "the city of love" |
Capital - time difference | UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
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