Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan, the largest administrative, political, industrial, scientific and cultural center of the state. Ashgabat is a separate administrative-territorial unit of Turkmenistan — a city with the rights of a velayat (region).
On May 25, 2013, the city was included in the Guinness Book of Records for the fifth time as the most white marble city in the world (543 new buildings lined with white marble). Earlier, this edition included such sights of the Turkmen capital as the world’s highest flagpole (133 meters), the largest fountain complex (27 synchronized fountains), the largest closed Ferris wheel, and the largest architectural image of a star — the eight-pointed star Oguz- Khan on the TV tower.
