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Its longest border is with the Caspian Sea ( 1, 786 km ).

The other borders are with Iran ( to the south, 992 km ), Afghanistan ( to the south, 744 km ), Uzbekistan ( to the north and east, 1, 621 km ) and Kazakhstan ( to the north, 379 km ).

Turkmenistan is slightly larger than California in territory, occupying 488, 100 km².

By area Turkmenistan ranks fourth among the former Soviet republics, after Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.

The country's greatest extent from west to east is 1, 100 km, and its greatest north-to-south distance is 650 km.