(WIPO code: TM) (latest review October 2021)
by KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland and NARIMAN SONIN Patent Bureau, Ashgabat
Turkmenistan
General Information
Area
488,100 sq. km.
Population
5,579,889 (estimated July 2021).
Capital
Ashgabat, with about 865,000 inhabitants (2021).
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.