Ashgabat
geographical name
Ash·ga·bat
ˈäsh-gə-ˌbät
variants
or Ashkhabad
ˈash-kə-ˌbad
or formerly Poltoratsk
-ˌbäd
city and capital of Turkmenistan located near the border with Iran population 412,200
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