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Turkmenistan

Capital: Ashgabat

  • The Karakum Desert covers more than 80% of Turkmenistan's land area, so most of the country is sand and dry steppe.
  • The Darvaza gas crater in the Karakum Desert has had gas fires burning since 1971, in a depression left by a collapsed gas cavern.
  • Ayrybaba, at about 3,138 m, is the highest mountain in Turkmenistan, in the Köýtendag Range near the Uzbek border.
  • The Kutlug Timur Minaret at Kunya-Urgench is 60 m tall. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.

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