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- Area: 488,100 sq km
- Capital: Ashgabad
- Population: 6.7 mln (2006)
- National holiday: January 1 - New Year Day, January 12 - Memory Day, February 19 - Turkmenistan State Flag Day, March 8 – International Women’s Day,
March 21-22 – Novruz, The last Sunday of April – Akhalteke, Horse Day, May 8 – Commemoration Day for those who died in the Great Patriotic War,
May 18 - Revival and Unity Day, The last Sunday of May - Turkmen Carpet Day, The 3rd Sunday of July - Harvest Day,
The 2nd Sunday of August - Turkmen Melons Day, The 2nd Saturday of September – Singers’ Day, October 6 – Commemoration Day for victims of 1948 earthquake,
October 27 - Turkmenistan Independence Day, The last Sunday of November - Harvest Day and Good Neighborhood,
December 12 - Turkmenistan Neutrality Day and Students’ Day, Moveable according Muslim calendar - Day of Sacrifice
- Currency code: Turmenistan manat (TM, TKM); TKM is divided into 100 tenga; 1 USD = 6400 TKM (April 23, 2008)
- Langue(s): Turkmen (official state language). The Russian language continues to be widely spoken
- Time zone: GMT +5
- Joined ILO in 1993
International Organizations
Government
Ministry of Social Security
Gurbandurdy KAKALYEV (Mr.), Minister
2003 Mollanepesa str., 3
Ashgabad, Turkmenistan 744000
Tel. (99312) 35 21 37, (99312) 35 20 83
Fax (99312) 35 66 50, (99312) 39 65 87
Employers' Organizations
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