Ashgabat 阿什哈巴德
(重定向自Ashkabad)
Ashgabat (Turkmen:Aşgabat, pronounced [aʃʁaˈbat]; Persian:عشقآباد; Russian:Ашхаба́д, tr.Ashkhabad;IPA: [ɐʂxɐˈbat]), known as Poltoratsk (Russian:Полтора́цк;IPA: [pəltɐˈrat͡sk]) between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range. The 2001 census estimated a population of 695,300, while the 2009 census estimated a population of 1 million, primarily Turkmen people, with ethnic minorities of Russians, Armenians, and Azerbaijanis.