Kaka District
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Kaka District is a district of Ahal Province
in Turkmenistan
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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
.
Ahal Province
Ahal Province is one of the welayat of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 939,700...
in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
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In ancient times the area was a fertile agricultural plain to the north of the Kopet Dag
Kopet Dag
The Kopet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh , also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range is a mountain range on the frontier between Turkmenistan and Iran, extending about 650 km along the border, east of the Caspian Sea. The highest peak of the range in Turkmenistan is southwest of the...
mountain range. A number of important bronze age sites exist in the area, such as the Ulug Depe
Ulug Depe
Ulug Depe is an ancient Bronze Age site in the foothills of the Kopet Dag Mountains in the Karakum Desert of Kaka District in the Ahal Province of south-eastern Turkmenistan. It covers around and lies on a mound at a height of about 30 meters....
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