Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa garin ne a 1881 bisa tushen ƙauyen ƙauyen Ahal Teke, kuma ya zama babban birnin Jamhuriyar Socialist ta Soviet ta Turkmen a 1924. Yawancin birnin sun lalace ta hanyar
1948 Ashgabat girgizar kasa amma tun daga lokacin an sake gina shi sosai a karkashin mulkin Saparmurat Niyazov na "White City" aikin sabunta birane, wanda ya haifar da manyan ayyukan da aka yi da farin marmara mai tsada. Kogin Karakum na zamanin Soviet ya ratsa garin, yana ɗaukar ruwan Amu Darya daga gabas zuwa yamma. Tun daga shekarar 2019, an yarda da garin a matsayin yana da ɗayan mafi girman tsadar rayuwa a duniya galibi saboda hauhawar farashin kayayyaki na Turkmenistan da al'amuran shigo da kaya.