| Name: | Turkmenistan (Republic of Turkmenistan) |
| Local name (Turkmen): | Türkmenistan (Türkmenistan Jumhuriýäti) |
| Bordering countries: | Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 488.1 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 4 776 ths. |
| Capital: | Ashkhabad (Aşgabat) |
| Official language: | Turkmen |