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== Environmental Situation  ==
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= Geography and Climatic Conditions =
  
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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. <ref>UN-Data: http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Turkmenistan</ref>
  
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Turkemenistan is also part of two main seismic zones of the world
  
Mean temperature (°C min/max):&nbsp; 10.4 / 23.2 <ref>UN-Data: http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Turkmenistan</ref>
 
  
=== Resources  ===
 
  
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=== Forest situation  ===
 
 
 
Land area covered by forest: 8.8%&nbsp; <ref>FAO (2011): The State of the World's Forest</ref>
 
 
 
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Turkmenistan has enormous natural gas deposits and it therefore known as a "gas republic". It is also rich in petroleum.
 
 
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Approximately 8.8% of the land area is covered by forest<ref>FAO (2011): The State of the World's Forest</ref> The deforestation rate was not available.  
  
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National income sources shares are comprised of the following: agriculture 48.2%, industry 14%, services 37.8%
  
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Turkmenistan's energy market is controlled by the State.
  
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Primary energy shares (in 2008) consisted of 72.4% gas and 27.6% oil.
  
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Revision as of 11:15, 15 December 2011

 

Turkmenistan
 
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Capital

 Ashgabat

Official language(s)

 Turkmen

Government

 Presidential republic single party state

President

 Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Prime Minister

 

Total Area

 491,210 km2

Population [1]

 4,997,503

Population rural

 2,548,727

Population urban

 2,448,776

Population density per sq. km

 11

GDP (nominal) (million $US)

 8845.00

GDP per Capita ($US)

 1706.30

GNI per Capita ($US)

 1753.70

Currency

 Turcmen new manat (TMT)

Time Zone

 TMT (UTC + 5)

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.


Energy Supply

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House Energy Situation 

Share of Fuel Types

 

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Turkmenistan Rural Share.jpg


Relevant Institutions and Organisations Type your text here

Existing projects

External links


References