Ashgabat | |
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State | |
Country | Turkmenistan |
Capital | |
Population | 909000 |
Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat; Ашгабат, pronounced [ɑʃʁɑˈbɑt], Persian: عشق آباد; Russian: Ашхабад), formerly named Poltoratsk (Russian: Полтора́цк, IPA: [pəltɐˈratsk]) between 1919 and 1927, 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.
The city was founded in 1881 on the basis of an Ahal Teke tribal village, and made the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924.
's-Hertogenbosch | |
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State | North Brabant |
Country | The Netherlands |
Capital | |
Population | 108780 |
's-Hertogenbosch (UK: , US: , Dutch: [ˌsɛrtoːɣə(m)ˈbɔs] (listen); French: Bois-le-Duc [bwɑ l(ə) dyk]), colloquially known as Den Bosch (IPA: [dɛm ˈbɔs] (listen)), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 152,968.
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