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Discover Staraya Kara-Khan-Kala in Turkmenistan
Staraya Kara-Khan-Kala in the region of Turkmenistan (general) is a town located in Turkmenistan - some 87 mi or ( 139 km ) South-East of Ashkhabad , the country's capital .
Local time in Staraya Kara-Khan-Kala is now 04:53 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Ashgabat " with a UTC offset of 5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Mashhad, Bojnourd, On-Begi, Kaka, and Deycha. When in this area, you might want to check out Mashhad . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Staraya Kara-Khan-Kala ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Kaka District
Kaka District is a district of Ahal Province in Turkmenistan. In ancient times the area was a fertile agricultural plain to the north of the Kopet Dag mountain range. A number of important Bronze Age sites exist in the area, such as the Ulug Depe.
Located at 37.34 59.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Kaka, Turkmenistan
Kaka also known as Kaakhka, Kaakcha or Chaacha is a town and capital of Kaka District in the Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It lies on the Trans-Caspian railway. There was fighting between the Trans Caspian Mensheviks and the Tashkent Bolsheviks on 28 August, 11 and 18 September 1918 during the Russian Civil War Troops of the British India Army were involved.
Located at 37.35 59.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Namazga-Tepe
Namazga-Tepe or Namazga-depe, is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Turkmenistan, some 100 km from Aşgabat, near the border to Iran. Excavated by Vadim Mikhailovich Masson, Viktor Sarianidi, and I. N. Khlopin from the 1950s, the site set the chronology for the Bronze Age sites in Turkmenistan (Namazga III-VI) Namazga IV around 2500 BCE shows proto-urban and village settlement patterns.
Located at 37.37 59.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
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