Anau, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan

Overview | Archaeology

🇹🇲 Anau is a city in Turkmenistan. It is the capital of Ahal Province and is 8 km south-east of Ashgabat, to which it is connected via the M37 highway.

Overview The city built a new stadium in 2003 and the National White Wheat Museum in 2005 to house artifacts recovered from the area.

The city was designated "Cultural Capital of the Turkic World" for 2024 at the 39th session of the Permanent Council of Ministers of Culture of TURKSOY.

Archaeology The Chalcolithic Anau culture dates to 4500 BC, following the Neolithic Jeitun culture in the cultural sequence of southern Turkmenistan.

Anau was excavated by a joint Turkmen-U.S. archaeological expedition in the 1990s and 2000s. Anau was a stopping point along the ancient Silk Road. Fine painted pottery is found here.

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Anau has a population of over 29,610 people. Anau also forms the centre of the wider Ahal Province which has a population of over 939,700 people.

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Antipodal to Anau is: -121.472,-37.89

Locations Near: Anau 58.5282,37.8897

🇹🇲 Änew 58.533,37.883 d: 0.8  

🇹🇲 Ashgabat 58.386,37.947 d: 14.1  

🇹🇲 Ashkhabad 58.367,37.933 d: 15  

🇮🇷 Bojnūrd 57.333,37.467 d: 115.2  

🇮🇷 Bojnord 57.317,37.467 d: 116.5  

🇮🇷 Nishapur 58.796,36.213 d: 187.9  

🇮🇷 Mashhad 59.597,36.29 d: 201.5  

🇹🇲 Mary 61.83,37.587 d: 292.3  

🇹🇲 Baýramaly 62.15,37.617 d: 319.8  

🇹🇲 Merv 62.183,37.65 d: 322.4  

Antipodal to: Anau -121.472,-37.89

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16467.2  

🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 15883.1  

🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 15787.3  

🇨🇱 Concepción -73.05,-36.817 d: 15782.5  

🇨🇱 Chiguayante -73.017,-36.917 d: 15782.8  

🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15896.6  

🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15896.6  

🇨🇱 Temuco -72.667,-38.733 d: 15807.5  

🇨🇱 Cauquenes -72.35,-35.967 d: 15694.5  

🇨🇱 Angol -72.25,-38.25 d: 15758.7  

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