Capital Ashgabat Government unitary presidential republic (de facto single-party state, dictatorship) Currency Turkmen manat (TMT) Area 488,100km² Population 5,171,943 (2014 estimate) Language Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, Kazakh 7% Religion Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% Country code 993 Time Zone UTC +5 Best 5 Places To Visit in Turkmenistan 1 Gonur Depe EASTERN TURKMENISTAN 2 ᠎Darvaza Gas Craters KARAKUM…