| LC control no. | n 80040443 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Turkmenistan--Ashkhabad |
| Variant(s) | Ашхабад (Turkmenistan) Poltorat︠s︡k (Turkmen S.S.R.) Полторацк (Turkmen S.S.R.) Ashkabad (Turkmenistan) Ashqabad (Turkmenistan) Askabad (Turkmenistan) Askhabad (Turkmenistan) Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) Ашгабат (Turkmenistan) Achgabat (Turkmenistan) Ashkhabad (Turkmen S.S.R.) Ashkhabad Aşgabat (Turkmenistan) |
| Associated country | Turkmenistan |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. Retain "Ashkhabad" as the authorized form. The following heading for an earlier name is a valid RDA access point: Poltorat︠s︡k (Turkmen S.S.R.) |
| Found in | Byzov, N. P. Nekotorye osobennosti, 1929. Tu̇rkmenistan Sovet Sot︠s︡ialistik Respublikasynyn︠g︡ jenai︠a︡t-prot︠s︡essual kodeksi, 1962: t.p. (Ашгабат = Ashgabat) BGN. Foreign names decisions, 03-17-92: p. 3 (Ашгабат = Ashgabat [Turkmen]; Ashkhabad [conv.]; ppl. 37°57ʹN, 58°23ʹE) BGN. Foreign names info. bull., 09-01-93 (former entry: Ashgabat [Turkmen]; Ashkhabad [conv.]: PPL, 37°57ʹN, 58°23ʹE; current BGN-approved entry: Ashgabat: PPL, 37°57ʹN, 58°23ʹE) Achgabat, une capitale ostentatoire, c2005: t.p. (Achgabat) Miras (Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan), 2001/4 (Asgabat) The world factbook, via WWW, September 3, 2015 (under Turkmenistan: capital: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad); geographic coordinates: 37 57 N, 58 23 E) GEOnet names server, September 3, 2015 (Ashgabat (conventional); Aşgabat (approved); variants: Ashkabad; Ashkhabad; Ashqabad; Askabad; Askhabad; Poltoratsk; Ашхабад = Ashkhabad; capital of a political entity, Turkmenistan, first-order administrative division: Ahal; 37°57ʹ00ʺN, 058°23ʹ00ʺE (37.95, 58.383333)) |
| Geographic area code | a-tk--- |
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