Ahal Province

Ahal Province is the central region of Turkmenistan, home to the capital, Ashgabat.

Cities

• Anau
• Ashgabat — the country's largest city and national capital, home to an array of bizarre, enormous monuments and palatial buildings constructed by the late megalomaniacal dicator, Saparmurat Niyazov.
• Baharden — a town on the northern rim of the Kopet Dag mountain range.
• Buzmeyin (Abadan) — a small city home to a large power plant.
• Dushak — a small town on th erim of the Kopet Dag mountain range.
• Geok-tepe — site of the Turkmens' last stand against the Russian Empire.
• Tejen — a small city on the Hari River (Tejen River).

Other destinations

• Altin Depe
• Jeitun
• Darvaza — the Gates of Hell, an arresting, colossal flaming crater in the middle of the Karakum.
• Mane Baba — an eleventh century mausoleum south of Tejen.
• Nissa — the ruins of one of the most important cities of the Parthian Empire.