Asia
Turkmenistan
The Door to Hell gas crater, ancient Merv and white-marble Ashgabat. Travel is tightly controlled.
- Local time
- 17:44
- Currency
- TMT
- Calling code
- +993
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Languages spoken
- Russian, TK
Respect & manners
- Tourist visas usually need a letter of invitation and often a licensed guide.
- Photography of government buildings and some areas is forbidden.
- Internet access is heavily restricted.
- Respect the president and state symbols.
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