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Place details
- Locality
- Änew
- Region
- Ahal welaýaty
- Country
- Türkmenistan
- Population
- 28,653
- Timezone
- Asia/Ashgabat
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Key facts
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Province
- Ahal Province
- District
- Ak bugdaý District
- Total
- 28,653
- Time zone
- UTC+5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Änew
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Population
- +29606
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Ahal Region
- Image
- Anau Mishin.jpg
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Anau (Turkmen: Änew, Russian: Аннау, romanized: Annau) is a city in Turkmenistan. Until 20 December 2022, it was the capital of Ahal Province. The area has been inhabited since around 5500 BC. Prehistoric sites in Anau were discovered in excavations were conducted by Raphael Pumpelly and William Morris Davis in 1904. In 2022, it had a population of 28,653 people.
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