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Formerly called as Chardzhou, Turkmenabat is a simple town in Turkmenistan and is the capital of the Lebap Province. It has about 203,000 inhabitants as of 1999.
It is situated 187 meters on the banks of the Amu-Darya River which is near the border with Uzbekistan. It is currently a modern industrial city and it […]
Welcome to Mary, an oasis in the Karakum Desert which is situated on the Murghab River. It is a city of Turkmenistan and is the capital of Mary Province.
Mary is said to be the original home of the Aryans. It was in 1884 when the modern city was founded being a Russian military […]
Inhabited by Russians and ethnic Azeri, Turkmenbasy is a city in Turkmenistan which has an estimated population of 51,000. It is part of the Balkan Province on the Krasnovodsk Gulf of the Caspian Sea.
It was in the year 1717 when Russian Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky had landed and was able to establish a secret fortified settlement […]