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Ashgabat

Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan, surrounded by Ahal Province. It was designed as to be an impressive capital city, filled with monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble. Wikivoyage

Population 1,030,063 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Turkmenistan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Turkmenistan

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Gulistan (Russian) Bazaar

    Gulistan bazary

    1. Monday: 08:00–19:30
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–19:30
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–19:30
    4. Thursday: 08:00–19:30
    5. Friday: 08:00–19:30
    6. Saturday: 08:00–19:30
    7. Sunday: 08:00–19:30

    08:00–19:30

    970 m from the centre

  • Teke Bazaar

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • Bazaar No. 7

    7-nji bazar

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.3 km from the centre

  • Jennet Bazaar

    Jennet Bazary

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.8 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

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