Turkmenistan

Blogs

• Turkmenistan travel blogs from TravelBlog.org.   

Books

• Travel books about Turkmenistan from Amazon.com. 

Encyclopedic Information

• Turkmenistan country profile from the BBC.  ) 
• Turkmenistan information from Yahoo! encyclopedia.
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• WolframAlpha data about Turkmenistan.

Government

• Turkmenistan Embassy.  "The energy-rich Central Asian country revives its most ancient rituals and customs and discovers old taboos that were thinly papered over during Communist rule. Many marriages are arranged, but marriages-of-love are becoming more popular. Muslims in Turkmenistan are of the Sunni faith, and do not share the Islamic fundamentalism of their neighbors in Afghanistan and Iran.
  
  Young women with two braids and a small scarf are unmarried; those with one braid and a big kerchief have been wed...More than 70 different nationalities reside in Turkmenistan...Two giant earthquakes (10 points on the Richter scale) in 1895 and 1924 flattened Krasnovodsky and Ashgabat respectively. A 1948 quake destroyed Ashgabat in less than a minute...
  
  Yurta, the traditional tent (it has a collapsible wooden frame and is covered with reeds and felt) is still used today. The tent is placed in the front yard and used as a summer house...
  
  National dress: men wear high, shaggy sheepskin hats and red robes over white shirts. Women wear long sack-dresses over narrow trousers (the pants are trimmed with a band of embroidery at the ankle). Female headdresses usually consist of silver jewelry. Bracelets and brooches are set with semi-precious stones...The Turkmens are famous for their horses breeding and training. Princess Anne of Great Britain purchased Turkmen horses."

Maps

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• Ashgabat, Turkmenistan map from MSN.com. 
• High quality up-to-date maps of Turkmenistan from Maps.com the online map store.
• University of Texas at Austin Maps of Turkmenistan.
• Turkmenistan map from MSN.com.

Tourism

• Tourism and Travel in Turkmenistan.   "The energy-rich Central Asian country revives its most ancient rituals and customs, and discovers old taboos that were thinly papered over during Communist rule. Many marriages are arranged, but marriages-of-love are becoming more popular. Muslims in Turkmenistan are of the Sunni faith, and do not share the Islamic fundamentalism of their neighbors in Afghanistan and Iran.

Young women with two braids and a small scarf are unmarried; those with one braid and a big kerchief have been wed...More than 70 different nationalities reside in Turkmenistan...Two giant earthquakes (10 points on the Richter scale) in 1895 and 1924 flattened Krasnovodsky and Ashgabat respectively. A 1948 quake destroyed Ashgabat in less than a minute...Yurta, the traditional tent (it has a collapsible wooden frame and is covered with reeds and felt) is still used today.

The tent is erected in the front yard and used as a summer house...National dress: men wear high, shaggy sheepskin hats and red robes over white shirts. Women wear long sack-dresses over narrow trousers (the pants are trimmed with a band of embroidery at the ankle). Female headdresses usually consist of silver jewelry. Bracelets and brooches are set with semi-precious stones...The Turkmens are famous for their horses, breeding and training. Princess Anne of Great Britain purchased Turkmen horses."

United Kingdom Information Resources

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) country profile of Turkmenistan. 

U.S. Government Information Resources

• CIA World Factbook on Turkmenistan. 
• Department of State Consular Information Sheet on Turkmenistan.
• Library of Congress Country Study on Turkmenistan.
• U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 

Videos

• Turkmenistan travel videos from YouTube.com. 
• Travel videos of Turkmenistan from Amazon.com. 

Weather

• Weather information for Turkmenistan from Weather Underground.

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