What the records say
- When
- 1991
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Turkmenistan
- Coordinates
- 39.86° N, 58.68° E
- Process
- secession
- Type
- Secession (establish new indep. entities)
- Pop
- 3600000
- Area km2
- 488100
- Losing
- Russia
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Turkmenistan
Country in Central Asia
Turkmenistan, formely known as Turkmenia, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to the north, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west. It is one of six independent Turkic states. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation