Turkmenistan is a small country with 4,603,244 people. The population is growing at 1.85%. Currently, the life expectancy is 61 years. The literacy rate is 98%. The ethnicity of the Turkmen (the nationality) is made up of Turkmen 77%, Uzbek 9.2%, Russian 6.7%, Kazakh 2%, other 5.1%. 89% of Turkmenistan is Muslim (the branch is called Al-Fatiha. Eastern Orthodox makes up the other 11%. The spoken languages are Turkmen 72%, Russian12%, Uzbek9%, and other 7%. Turkmenistan continues to send supplies to the Taliban. The United States has issued a travel warning to the area, and Bush has promised an...

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