Turkmenistan Energy Situation
| Turkmenistan | |||
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Capital |
Ashgabat | ||
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Official language(s) |
Turkmen | ||
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Government |
Presidential republic single party state | ||
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President |
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | ||
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Prime Minister |
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Total Area |
491,210 km2 | ||
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Population [1] |
4,997,503 | ||
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Population rural |
2,548,727 | ||
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Population urban |
2,448,776 | ||
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Population density per sq. km |
11 | ||
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GDP (nominal) (million $US) |
8845.00 | ||
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GDP per Capita ($US) |
1706.30 | ||
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GNI per Capita ($US) |
1753.70 | ||
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Currency |
Turcmen new manat (TMT) | ||
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Time Zone |
TMT (UTC + 5) | ||
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Calling Code |
+993 | ||
Geography and Climatic Conditions
Turkmenistan is located in the south of Central Asia and covers a total of 488,100km squared. Flat desert covers 80% of the country, though there are some slight elevations along the border to Afghanistan and Iran. Water resources are very limited and the climate is mostly arid subtropical with little rainfall. In fact, Karakum Dester is one of the driest deserts in the world. The mean low temperature is 10.4 and the average high temperature is 23.2°C. [2]
Turkemenistan is also part of two main seismic zones of the world
Turkmenistan has enormous natural gas deposits and it therefore known as a "gas republic". It is also rich in petroleum.
Approximately 8.8% of the land area is covered by forest[3] The deforestation rate was not available.
Socioeconomical Situation
National income sources shares are comprised of the following: agriculture 48.2%, industry 14%, services 37.8%
National Energy Situation
Turkmenistan's energy market is controlled by the State.
Primary energy shares (in 2008) consisted of 72.4% gas and 27.6% oil.
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References
- ↑ CIA - The World Factbook:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tx.html
- ↑ UN-Data: http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Turkmenistan
- ↑ FAO (2011): The State of the World's Forest
