Balkan Province

Balkan Province is the western region of Turkmenistan, spanning the western Karakum and much of the Caspian Basin.

Cities

🌍 Balkanabat — an oil and gas center at the foot of the Balkan Daglary mountains.
🌍 Bereket — (formerly Gazandzhyk) a railway town.
🌍 Esenguly — a small remote at the southwest of the region on the Caspian Sea.
🌍 Garabogaz — a town at the narrow strait separating the gigantic Garabogaz Lagoon from the Caspian Sea.
🌍 Gyzyletrek — a small border town on a rarely traveled road to Gorgan, Iran.
🌍 Gumdag — small railway town.
🌍 Serdar — a medium-sized city northwest of Ashgabat.
🌍 Turkmenbashi — Turkmenistan's port on the Caspian, with a few beach hotels.

Dakhistan — the ruins of an impossibly remote Silk Road city, home to Shir-Kabir mausoleum.

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