(WIPO code: TM) (last revised March 2024)

by KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland and NARIMAN SONIN Patent Bureau, Ashgabat

General Information

Area

488,100 sq. km.

Population

7 million (2023).

Capital

Ashgabat, with about 902,000 inhabitants (2023).

Languages

Turkmen (official), Russian.

Currency

Manat.

General Remarks

Turkmenistan used to be a part of the former Soviet Union. The Republic declared its independence on October 27, 1991. The Patent Office of Turkmenistan (Turkmenpatent) was established in December 1993. Turkmenistan is a Neutral State, so declared officially by UNO on December 12, 1995.