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Ashgabat
Ashgabat'''Ashgabat''' (Turkmenian language '''Aşgabat'''; also ''Ashkabat'', ''Ashkhabad'', ''Ashgabad'', in Persian language|Persian عشق آباد 'Ashq-abad, in Russian language|Russian Ашхаба́д Ashkhabád) is the capital city of Turkmenistan, a former Soviet Union|Soviet republic. Ashgabat has a population of around 400,000 and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range. The principal industries of Ashgabat are cotton textiles and metal working. The name is believed to derive from the Persian Ashk-abad meaning "the City of Arsaces". Another explanation is that the name is a corruption of the Persian language|Persian ''Eshq'' (Love) + ''abad'' (cultivated place or city), and hence loosely translates as "The city built by/from love".
===History===
Ashgabat is a relatively young city, growing out of a village of the same name established in 1818. It is, however, located not far from the site of Nisa, the ancient capital of the Parthia|Parthians. In 1869 Russia|Russian soldiers built a fortress on a hill near the village, and this added security soon attracted merchants and craftsmen to the area. Imperial Russia|Tsarist Russia annexed the region in 1884.
Soviet rule was established, lost and then regained in 1917, and the city was renamed ''Poltoratsk'' after a local revolutionary. The name "Ashgabat" was restored in 1927 when the Communism|Communist Party was properly established in Turkmenistan, though it was usually known by the Russian form ''Ashkhabad''. From this period onward the city experienced rapid growth and industrialisation, although this was severely disrupted by a major earthquake in 1948.
===People and places===
Ashgabat has a primarily Sunni Islam|Muslim population. The city centre still features an impressive statue of Lenin. Museums include the Turkmen Fine Arts Museum, noted for its impressive collection of woven carpets, and the Turkmen History Museum which has artifacts dating back to the Parthian civilisation. The Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan is an important institute of higher learning.
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