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Country Highlights
Turkmenistan Flag and Emblem
Money is called Manat
President of Turkmenistan: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Independence
• Declared independence October 27th 1991 from the Soviet Union
The "Independence Monument" is a monument located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
ChorekTurkmen bread, being baked. Instead of sitting
flat on the bottom of the oven, Turkmen bread is baked stuck to the sides of the oven. The oven (tamdyr) is a 3 foot wide hemisphere, with the opening on the top.
Gay-ysh
Noodles with meat, potatoes, onion and green onion or dill on top (if fresh). Served with the broth from the meat.
Darvaza Natural Gas Crater still burning since 1971
In 1971 Soviet geologists tapped into the Darvaza area as it is flowing with natural gas. However, when drilling, the rig collapsed which left a gaping hole about 230ft. In an effort to avoid the discharge of poisonous gas, they decided to burn it off in hopes that the fire would use all fuel in days. This proved unsuccessful and the gas is still burning to this day.
Ashgabat International School(AIS)
• Opened in 1994
• Offers high quality “westernized” education for PreK – High School
• Current enrollment is approx 170 international students
Credits• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashgabat • http://www.google.com/search?q=ashgabat&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=
TVT&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=FMrwT_DiN4W29QSzzYyBDQ&ved=0CGUQsAQ&biw=1016&bih=407
• wikitravel.org/en/Ashgabat • http://ashgabat.qsischool.org/photos.html• http://jon-turkmenistan.blogspot.com/2008/07/turkmen-food.html• http://qsi.org/tkm_home/tkm_home.htm• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan • http://www.google.com/search?
hl=en&pq=ashgabat&cp=5&gs_id=5u&xhr=t&q=turkmenistan&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1016&bih=407&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=2crwT-r3Bom49QTEv72VDQ
• https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1936502207238