Akhal region

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The Akhal region is a historical area in southern Turkmenistan, traditionally associated with the Teke Turkmen tribe and centered around the foothills of the Kopet Dag mountains.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Akhal region canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
adjacentTo Karakum Desert
associatedWithTribe Akhal Teke
linked to: Akhal-Teke horse
borderFunction frontier between Turkmen and Persian spheres
borders Iran
borderType mountain frontier
climate arid
country Turkmenistan
culturalRegionOf Turkmen people
linked to: Turkmens
economicActivity oasis agriculture
pastoralism
ethnicGroupAssociated Teke Turkmen
hasLandscapeFeature foothills
oasis
hasMountainRange Kopet Dag
hasNaturalResource grazing land
water springs
hasSettlementType oasis villages
historicalControl Russian Empire
Turkmen tribal confederations
linked to: Turkoman tribes
historicalEvent Akhal-Teke War
linked to: Akhal-Teke campaign

Russian conquest of Turkmenistan
historicalPeriod 19th century
historicalSignificance center of Teke Turkmen power
knownFor Akhal-Teke horses
linked to: Akhal-Teke horse
language Turkmen
linked to: Turkmen language
locatedIn Central Asia
Kopet Dag foothills
linked to: Kopet Dag mountains

southern Turkmenistan
locatedNear Ashgabat
militarySignificance site of Russian-Turkmen conflicts
namedAfter Ahal oasis
partOf Ahal Province
linked to: Ahal Region

Greater Kopet Dag cultural zone
Transcaspian region
linked to: Transcaspia
religion Sunni Islam
strategicImportance border defense zone
trade routes corridor
terrain mountain foothills
semi-desert
traditionalInhabitants Teke Turkmen

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teke historicalRegion Akhal region
Treaty of Akhal locationSigned Akhal region