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Anau, officially named Änew, is a human settlement in Turkmenistan that serves as the capital of the Ahal Region. The town is situated at an elevation of approximately 234 to 247 meters and falls within the UTC+05:00 time zone. Its population is recorded as 29,606 in one source and 28,653 in another. The settlement is described in the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia and is located in the administrative territorial entity of Ahal Region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Änew
- Region
- Ahal welaýaty
- Country
- Türkmenistan
- Population
- 28,653
- Timezone
- Asia/Ashgabat
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Province
- Ahal Province
- District
- Ak bugdaý District
- Total
- 28,653
- Time zone
- UTC+5
via Wikipedia infobox
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
Show 3 more facts
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- native label
- Änew
- Commons category
- Änew
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Travel guide
Understand
The name is derived from 'Abi-Nau', meaning 'new water'. The place was inhabited from the 4th millennium BC onwards and the culture of this period is called Anau culture. The excavation of this site was begun in 1904 by the American archaeologist Raphael Pumpelli. The site was surrounded by a great wall and a ditch. During the excavations children's skeletons, painted ceramics with geometrical ornaments and the oldest remains of camels were found. It is assumed that camels were first domesticated in the territory of what is today Turkmenistan. The fortress of Anau was inhabited during the period of the Parthian Empire (3rd century BC - 3rd century AD).
Get in
Anau is 15 km south east of Ashgabat.
The main market in Anau can be easily reached by bus from Teke Bazaar is Ashgabat. From the final stop it is possible to walk 2 km east to Anau I and Anau II Neolithic mounds or 4.5 km, mainly along M37 road, to Seyit Jemaletdin Mosque. There is no public transport reaching the mosque.
See
250px|thumbnail|right|Seyit Jemaletdin Mosque before the 1948 earthquake
The Seyit Jemaletdin Mosque, East of the neolithic settlements, in the Southern part of the fortress, is outstanding among the small number of monuments of the Timurid era in Turkmenistan. It was built during the reign of Abu Kasim Baber Bahadurhan in Khorezm (1446-1447). Its construction was paid for by his vizir Muhammed Khudaiot, who chose a site near the grave of his father Jemaletdin. The mosque was completely destroyed in the earthquake of 1948.
An outstanding feature of this mosque is a mosaic above the entrance arch depicting two dragons facing each other. The mosaic is about 8 m high. According to the legend a kind hearted queen lived on the fortress and the people from the surrounding villages often brought their wishes to her. Once an enormous dragon rang the bell and explained that another dragon needed help. The queen's servants freed him from a goat whose horns had been caught in the dragon's mouth. The grateful dragons gave the queen objects of great value and the queen ordered the magnificent mosque to beu built for them. Some people think that the dragons were totems of the Turkmen tribe which inhabited the area in the 15th century and that Seyit Jemaletdin belonged to this tribe.
Today, the Seyit Jemaletdin Mosque is a much revered place of pilgrimage. Childless couples bring children's clothes as an offering and baby dolls are left in tiny hammocks between two sticks.
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.