Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat; Ашгабат, pronounced \[ɑʃʁɑˈbɑt\], Persian: عشق آباد; Russian: Ашхабад), formerly named Poltoratsk (Russian: Полтора́цк, IPA: \[pəltɐˈratsk\]) between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan It is situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range in Central Asia It is also near the Iran-Turkmenistan border
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