Balkan Region
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Balkan Region is the westernmost of the five regions of Turkmenistan. Clockwise from north it borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; two provinces of Turkmenistan, Iran, and the Caspian Sea. The capital city
Yangykala Canyon
Entrance to city
Loading terminal of the Garabogaz urea (carbamide) plant in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
Railway station in Bereket city, October 2013.
Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan
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Türkmenbaşy, previously known as Shagadam, Krasnovodsk and Kyzyl-Su, is a major port city in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan, on the Türkmenbaşy Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It sits at an elevatio
Balkan Region
…identical to those of the former Krasnovodsk Oblast', a Soviet-era province of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic with its capital in the city of Krasnovodsk. This oblast was liquidated and restored repeatedly in the 20th century, concluding with its abolition in 1988. However, the administrative boundaries…
The town of Türkmenbaşy
Railway station in Krasnovodsk, 1902
Turkmen ship at Turkmenbashi Port
Caspian Sea at the Port of Türkmenbaşy