Ashgabat

Turkmenistan

Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.

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Country: Turkmenistan
Population: 727,700
Latitude: 37.95° N
Longitude: 58.38° E

Which way is Ashgabat from…

From Paris, Ashgabat lies at 84° to the east, 4,576 km as the crow flies.

Paris	84° east	4,576 km
London	85° east	4,722 km
New York	36° north-east	10,019 km
Madrid	72° east	5,246 km
Rome	81° east	3,891 km
Montreal	36° north-east	9,566 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	3° north	6,549 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, shares its latitude with Athens. From London, a flat map would have you aim at 108°, a little south of east; the compass says 85°, due east, 4,722 km away. From New York, the gap widens: 92° on the map, 36° on the compass, north-east. From Saint-Denis on Réunion, by contrast, it is simple: due north, at 3°.