
Ashgabat is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It is situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range in Central Asia. It is also near the Iran-Turkmenistan border.
Ashgabat is a showpiece capital. The city looks like none other on Earth – a thoroughly artificial collection of white marble buildings across a long, dry valley. The biggest attraction in Ashgabat is the many, many white marble buildings.