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Region of Turkmenistan
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Ahal Province is the central region of Turkmenistan. Wikivoyage also covers the Ashgabat capital district as part of Ahal Province.
Ashgabat International Airport (ASB) is the main port of entry into the province.
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home to the White Wheat Museum, built in 2005 to house historical artefacts from the area
the country's largest city and national capital, home to an array of bizarre, enormous monuments and palatial buildings constructed by the late megalomaniacal dictator, Saparmurat Niyazov.
site of the Turkmens' last stand against the Russian Empire.
an archaeological site from the Bronze Age
the Gates of Hell — an arresting, colossal flaming crater — is in the middle of the Karakum.
the ruins of one of the most important cities of the Parthian Empire.
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