|
Ashgabat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ashgabat , formerly Ashkhabad, city (1991 pop. 412...textile, motion picture, and crafts industries. Ashgabat was founded in 1881 as a fortress. From 1919...1990s. The Turkmen Academy of Sciences is in Ashgabat.
|
|
Turkmenistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...TURKMENISTAN Republic of Turkmenistan Major City: Ashgabat Other Cities: Chardzhou, Mary, Nebit-Dag, Tashauz...and has suffered serious earthquakes. MAJOR CITIES Ashgabat Ashgabat is located on the border between Turkmenistan and...
|
|
|
Kara Kum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Kelif westward across the desert to Mary and ultimately to Ashgabat, a distance of c.500 mi (800 km). The canal water permits...from Turkmenbashi (Krasnovodsk), on the Caspian Sea, to Ashgabat, Mary, Bukhara, and Tashkent. Natural gas deposits have...
|
|
|
Ashkhabad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ashkhabad see Ashgabat , Turkmenistan.
|
|
|
Amu Darya
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Sea. The Kara Kum Canal (c.500 mi/800 km long) carries water from the Amu Darya near Kelif across S Turkmenistan to Ashgabat and supplements the flow of the Tejen and Murgab rivers. The Amu Darya is paralleled by the Trans-Caspian RR, which has...
|
|
|
Annau
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Annau or Anau , town, in S Turkmenistan, 5 mi (8 km) SE of Ashgabat, near the Iranian border. At Annau, Raphael Pumpelly discovered (1903) traces of habitation dating back to c.3000 BC The...
|
|
Turkmens
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...and a series of memorial days. These commemorate Turkmen veterans; victims of the 1948 earthquake in the capital city, Ashgabat; and the end of World War II (1939 – 45). 7 • RITES OF PASSAGE As Muslims, all Turkmen males are circumcised...
|
|
|
Trans-Caspian Railroad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...west. Built in the late 19th cent., the line begins at Turkmenbashi (Krasnovodsk) on the Caspian Sea and passes through Ashgabat, Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent. There are branches to the Fergana Valley. The Trans-Caspian line connects at Arys...
|
|
Turkmenistan and Turkmen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...significant minorities in Turkmenistan are Uzbeks (9.2%), Russians (6.7%), and Kazakhs (2.0%). The capital city of Ashgabat has an estimated population between 600,000 (official) and one million (unofficial). This discrepancy belies a rather...
|
