Geok Tepe
Sign in to savethumb | right | Geok Tepe in 1913 Gökdepe, previously spelled "Geok-Tepe" ("Геок-Тепе") in Russian, is a city in and the administrative center of Gökdepe District, Ahal Region, Turkmenistan, north-west of Ashgabat. The city is built around a former fortress of the Turkmens which bore the same name. The city lies along the M37 highway and the Trans-Caspian Railway. In 2022, it had a population of 33,381 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gökdepe
- Region
- Ahal welaýaty
- Country
- Türkmenistan
- Population
- 33,381
- Timezone
- Asia/Ashgabat
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gökdepe
- Settlement.other_name
- Gökdepe şäheri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saparmurat Hajji Mosque
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Turkmenistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Turkmenistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ahal Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gökdepe District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 official census
- Settlement.population_total
- 33,381
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
- Settlement.postal_code
- 745190
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Located in
- Gökdepe District
- Population
- 33381
- Elevation
- 211
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Gökdepe District
- Significant event
- Battle of Geok Tepe
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- postal code
- 745190
- P12749
- Kemerovo
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Battle of Geok Tepe
- Economy
- Architecture
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb | right | Geok Tepe in 1913 Gökdepe, previously spelled "Geok-Tepe" ("Геок-Тепе") in Russian, is a city in and the administrative center of Gökdepe District, Ahal Region, Turkmenistan, north-west of Ashgabat. The city is built around a former fortress of the Turkmens which bore the same name. The city lies along the M37 highway and the Trans-Caspian Railway. In 2022, it had a population of 33,381 people.
==Etymology== The words gök depe mean "blue hill" in Turkmen. Atanyýazow explains that nearby hills in this district, as well as elsewhere in Turkmenistan, "appear to be blue-black with fog from the wind" and the settlements are named after such hills.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geok Tepe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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