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Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central Asia. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

Turkmenistan’s stamp in Globestamp
Mythic · fewer than 50,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Mythicplaced by estimate
Area
470,450 km² (181,642 sq mi)
Population
5.9 millionNatural Earth estimate
Provinces
5in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
6with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
3on Globestamp’s list

Does Turkmenistan count as a country?

Yes. Turkmenistan is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.

ListCounts Turkmenistan?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Turkmenistan
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Turkmenistan stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Turkmenistan’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Turkmenistan, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Turkmenistan

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Turkmenistan when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Places in Turkmenistan you can collect

Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Turkmenistan, from 3 World Heritage Sites.

World Heritage Sites 3

Merv (1999) · Köneürgenç (2005) · Nisa (2007). On the bucket list →

Theme parks 1

World of Turkmenbashi Tales. On the bucket list →

Zoos and aquariums 1

Ashgabat Zoo. On the bucket list →

Botanical gardens 1

Ashgabat Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Ashgabat727,700
Türkmenabat234,817
Daşoguz201,424
Mary178,708
Balkanabat110,827
Türkmenbaşy68,292
Tejen67,294

Airports

Turkmenistan has 6 airports with scheduled flights, 3 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

5 provinces to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Turkmenistan into 5 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 5

Ahal · Balkan · Daşoguz · Lebap · Mary

Questions people ask

Is Turkmenistan a country?

Yes. Turkmenistan is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.

How many tourists visit Turkmenistan?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Turkmenistan. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Turkmenistan stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Turkmenistan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Turkmenistan”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Turkmenistan

Near Turkmenistan

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