Ashgabat
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Ashgabat or Asgabat (/ˌɑːʃɡəˈbɑːt/ AHSH-gə-BAHT or /ˈɑːʃɡəbæt/ AHSH-gə-bat; Turkmen: Aşgabat, [ɑʃɢɑˈbɑt]; Persian: عشقآباد, romanized: Ešqābād), formerly named Poltoratsk (Russian: Полтора́цк, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: [pəltɐˈratsk]) between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063 (2022 census).
