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Ashgabat (Aşgabat) is the capital city of the Central Asian Turkic state of Turkmenistan.

Specifically, Ashgabat is located in Ahal Province. It shares its importance in that province with Anau (Änew), which is the province's capital city. It started out as a village founded by Russians in 1881. In fact, it temporarily was named Poltoratsk during the period 1919-1927. Under the Soviets, the name of the city was Ashkhadbad before being named Ashgabat under the independent Turkmenistani government.

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