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Alibek Destination Guide
Touring Alibek in Turkmenistan
Alibek in the region of Turkmenistan (general) is a city located in Turkmenistan - some 12 mi or ( 20 km ) West of Ashkhabad , the country's capital city .
Time in Alibek is now 08:44 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Ashgabat " with a UTC offset of 5 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Mashhad, Gorgan, Bojnourd, Yerrikkala, and Yasman. Being here already, consider visiting Mashhad . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Alibek ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Gypjak
Gypjak (also known as Kipchak) is a small village about 10 kilometers away from the Turkmen capital of Aşgabat. The village is known as the home village of the first President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov. Niyazov, while president, built the Kipchak Mosque and a tomb there for his family. It is in this tomb where Niyazov was buried on December 24, 2006. The Gypjak Mosque, lies across a highway from the rest of the village but is generally open to both male and female visitors for prayer.
Located at 38.00 58.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
1948 Ashgabat earthquake
The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, at a magnitude 7.3 Mw, occurred on 6 October 1948 near Ashgabat, in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. Due to censorship by the national government, the Ashgabat Earthquake was not much reported in USSR media. The scholars tend to agree that ban on publicity of the extent of earthquake casualties and damages did not allow the Soviet government to allocate enough financial resources to adequately respond to disaster. Admiral Ellis M.
Located at 37.95 58.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
The main museum of Turkmenistan
The Main museum of Turkmenistan (Türkmenistanyň Milli muzeyi), also known as the Sparmurat Turkmenbashi Museum, is a museum in Turkmenistan. The museum was opened on 12 November 1998. . The museum has seven permanent galleries incorporating history, present day culture, and ethnography.
Located at 37.89 58.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Babadaýhan District
Babadaýhan District is a district of Ahal Province in Turkmenistan. The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.
Located at 37.97 58.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen: Түркменистан Совет Социалистик Республикасы Türkmenistan Sowet Sotsialistik Respublikasy; Russian: Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as the Turkmen SSR, was one of republics of the Soviet Union in Central Asia.
Located at 37.97 58.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
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