CartTurkmenistan
Flag Colors & Description
The flag of Turkmenistan depicts a vertical red stripe near the hoist side with a white crescent moon with five white stars in the upper corner just to the fly side of the red stripe, over a green field. The red stripe contains five tribal guls (designs used in producing carpets) stacked above two crossed olive branches similar to the olive branches on the UN flag. The crescent moon represents Islam and the stars represent the regions or velayats of Turkmenistan.People
Population: 5,042,920 (July 2006 estimate) (growth rate): 1.83% (2006 estimate)
Gdp: $45.11 billion (2006 estimate) (per capita): $8,900 (2006 estimate)
Languages:
Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
Government
Capital: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
Government type: republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Geography
Natural Resources: natural gas, petroleum, salt, sulfur