Sunday, July 13, 2008

About Turkmenistan



Turkmenistan on Wikipedia:

Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. The name Turkmenistan is derived from Persian, meaning "land of the Turkmen". The name of its capital, Ashgabat, derived from Persian as well, loosely translating as "the city of love". Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the southwest, Uzbekistan to the northeast, Kazakhstan to the northwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.

According to CIA World Factbook 2006 figures, Turkmenistan ranks 5th in the world for GDP growth rate. Although it is wealthy in natural resources in certain areas, most of the country is covered by the Karakum (Black Sands) Desert. It has a single-party system, and was ruled by President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov until 21 December 2006, when he (and his term) expired. Presidential elections were held on 11 February 2007. Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow was declared the winner with 89% of the vote. He was sworn in on 14 February 2007


Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan



Read about Peace Corps Program in Turkmenistan:

http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.wherepc.easteurope.turkmenistan

2 comments:

NearBeerNW said...

Hey, my name is Collin- I'm going to be a TEFL volunteer in T17. Email me, can't wait to meet everybody and get this journey going!

Anonymous said...

Hey Mary--just checking out your blog to see how it works. I'm very excited that you're going to Turkmenistan and looking forward to hearing all about it and seeing you there (incha'Allah)
Allen