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39-571: In 2000, Ahal Region accounted for 14% of Turkmenistan's population, 11% of the total number of employed, 23% of agricultural production (by value), and 31% of the country's total industrial production. Ahal's agriculture is irrigated by the Karakum Canal , which stretches all the way across the province from east to west, tracking Turkmenistan's southern border. Another water source is the Tejen River , which flows north from Afghanistan in

78-539: A German firm, for consulting services related to construction of facilities for producing food, pharmaceutical, medical, and other industrial goods. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov ordered the Cabinet of Ministers to prepare celebrations in honor of the city's opening for 2023, including a military parade and concert on the Main Square. The cornerstone of the mosque was laid 20 January 2023. By presidential decree

117-448: A bus depot and a taxi dispatcher station, a bus station of Ahal Province. In June 2023 President Serdar Berdimuhamedow decreed that the city include a seismological station for monitoring seismic activity. He also decreed that Arkadag city should feature factories for production of "food, industrial, pharmaceutical and medical products". In January 2024, President Berdimuhamedow approved a contract with Goetzpartners Emerging Markets GmbH,

156-460: A hotel, a shopping mall and a leisure park are being built. On 23 January 2023 the municipal court and prosecutor were created by presidential decree. A law passed in March 2023 on the city's status designated it a "city of national importance" ( Turkmen : döwlet ähmiýetli şäher ). In July 2023 opposition media reported that demolition had begun of the village of Gorjaw to allow completion of

195-505: A much more northerly location (near Nukus ), and run southwest toward Krasnovodsk . The canal would have used around 25 percent of the Amu-Darya's water. The works were abandoned after the death of Joseph Stalin , the current Karakum Canal route being chosen instead. Reservoirs such as Hanhowuz Reservoir were created to help regulate it. Arkadag Arkadag (Turkmen arka "behind" + dag "mountain", connoting "protector")

234-439: A new capital for Ahal Province. On 4 March 2019, Berdimuhamedow issued a decree ordering construction to begin. Construction began with a ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the new provincial administration building on 10 April 2019. Although earlier project proposals had planned for the city's area to cover no more than 880 hectares, the approved project was for 1002 hectares. By parliamentary decree of 20 December 2022,

273-579: A presidentially appointed mayor ( Turkmen : häkim ). The former village of Aba Annayev was upgraded to town status, and is included in Kärizek District. The city is connected to Ashgabat by Kopetdag Avenue and the M37 highway. The largest nearby airport is Ashgabat International Airport , which offers domestic and international flights. A railway station will be built in the city. There are plans to launch express passenger rail service on

312-516: A presidentially appointed mayor. Kärizek Borough includes the residential community (formerly a village) of Aba Annaýew, constructed to house equestrians and support staff for the nearby hippodrome. In May 2023 the Turkmenistan parliament designated Aba Annaýew a town, subordinate to the city of Arkadag and part of Kärizek Borough. In November 2018, then-President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow began reviewing project proposals for construction of

351-436: Is a city in southern Turkmenistan . It became the regional capital of Ahal Province effective 20 December 2022. It is a largely greenfield development started in 2019 with an initial budget of $ 1.5 billion. The city was named in honor of former President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov , who is officially entitled Arkadag . Uniquely among Turkmen cities, Arkadag is by law designated a "city of state importance". The city

390-504: Is crushed for extraction of oil and meal at the Ahal Vegetable Oil Enterprise plant near Ovadandepe. It was opened on 17 May 2010 with a design capacity to process 96,000 tons of cotton seed per year, with daily production of 50 tons of cottonseed oil, 10 tons of margarine, 140 tons of cottonseed meal and 70 tons of soybean hulls. On June 28, 2019, a $ 1.7 billion factory for producing gasoline out of natural gas

429-486: Is derived from the word ak [white] and the addition of -al (Vambery, p. 264). Effective January 5, 2018, Ahal Province ( Ahal welaýaty ) is subdivided into 7 districts ( etrap , plural etraplar ): As of 9 November 2022, the province included 9 cities (города or şäherler ), 9 towns (посёлки or şäherçeler ), 82 rural or village councils (сельские советы or geňeşlikler ), and 231 villages (села, сельские населенные пункты or obalar ). As of May 2013 Ruhabat District and

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468-575: Is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world. Started in 1954, and completed in 1988, it is navigable over much of its 1,375-kilometre (854 mi) length, and carries 13 cubic kilometres (3.1 cu mi) of water annually from the Amu-Darya River across the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The canal opened up huge new tracts of land to agriculture, especially to cotton monoculture heavily promoted by

507-433: Is situated on a plain due west of the city limit of Turkmenistan's capital city, Ashgabat , and east of the neighboring city of Gökdepe at latitude 38.0659 degrees north and longitude 58.0727 degrees east. By parliamentary decree of 18 March 2023 the city was divided into two districts ( Turkmen : etraplar, singular etrap ), named Kärizek and Gorjaw. As of 30 March 2023, the districts were upgraded to boroughs, each with

546-491: Is surrounded by Ahal Province, but as the national capital it enjoys status equal to that of a province and is outside Ahal Province's jurisdiction. From antiquity through the early 1800s, the area was populated by Persian-speaking peoples. Nisa , since 2013 located within the city limits of Ashgabat , was likely founded in the third century BCE and was the first capital of the Parthian Empire . The area just north of

585-672: The Kopet Dag mountains forms an oasis due to runoff from the mountains and was thus part of the Silk Road caravan route from roughly 2000 BCE until around 1500 CE. British Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Stuart reported in 1881 that the Ahal branch of the Teke tribe of the Turkmen ethnic group arrived in the area around 1830 and established several semi-nomadic villages ( auls ) between what is now

624-773: The Soviet Union , and supplying Ashgabat with a major source of water. The canal is also a major factor leading to the Aral Sea environmental disaster . The Soviet regime planned to at some time extend the canal to the Caspian Sea . The current Karakum Canal was not the first major attempt to bring the Amu-Darya water to the Karakums. In the early 1950s, construction began on the Main Turkmen Canal (Russian: Главный Туркменский канал ), which would start at

663-575: The Arkadag- Ashgabat route with a speed of up to 140 km/hour. The travel time of the electric train from Ashgabat to Arkadag will be 18 minutes. It is expected that the project will be implemented by Russian Railways . A high-speed railroad also is planned from Arkadag to Avaza . The city plans to introduce ground-based public electric transport, including Chinese Yutong electric buses and Jac J7 cars. Electric vehicles Runhorse Jinma are used to deliver groceries throughout

702-647: The Ashgabat city limit off the P-1 highway. Ahal Region cooperates with: [REDACTED] Media related to Ahal Province at Wikimedia Commons 38°30′N 59°0′E  /  38.500°N 59.000°E  / 38.500; 59.000 Karakum Canal The Karakum Canal (Qaraqum Canal, Kara Kum Canal, Garagum Canal ; Russian : Каракумский канал , Karakumskiy Kanal , Turkmen : Garagum kanaly , گَرَگوُم كَنَلیٛ , Гарагум каналы ) in Turkmenistan

741-553: The Ashgabat-Dashoguz Automobile Highway near Ovadandepe. It produces mainly rebar and channel iron . The $ 240 million Tejen urea (carbamide) plant, inaugurated on March 18, 2005, has a design capacity of 350,000 tonnes of urea per year. The Baherden Cement Plant, put into operation in 2005, has a design capacity of one million tons of cement per year. In 2019 the Baherden plant reportedly

780-413: The city limit of Ashgabat , Turkmenistan's capital city. The city was named in honor of former President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov , whose official nickname is Arkadag. The capital until 20 December 2022 was Änew (or Anau), a city on the south-eastern outskirts of Ashgabat. One other notable city is Tejen in the south-east near the border with Mary Province . Turkmenistan's largest city, Ashgabat ,

819-469: The city of Ashgabat . Opposition media reported in February 2023 that imported construction materials for the second phase of construction would cost an estimated $ 1.296 billion, in addition to the presumed original cost of phase one construction of $ 1.466 billion, implying a total cost of city construction in excess of $ 2.76 billion. In March 2023, however, a Turkmen construction official reported that

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858-743: The city of Gyzylarbat and village of Gäwers, inclusive. The Ahal area was formally part of Persia but de facto autonomous under Turkoman tribal control until Russian forces defeated the Teke army at the Battle of Geok Tepe in January 1881. Originally named Ashgabat oblasty in Turkmen ( Russian : Ашхабадская область , Cyrillic Turkmen Ашгабат областы ), the future Ahal Province was initially formed on 21 November 1939, abolished on 25 May 1959, and reconstituted on 27 December 1973. In 1977 Ashgabat oblasty

897-681: The city of Abadan (today called Büzmeýin ), until then in Ahal Province, were incorporated into the city of Ashgabat and abolished as separate municipalities. In January 2018, the Babadaýhan District of Ahal Province was re-established, and the Kaka, Tejen, Sarahs Districts were reaffirmed. Baharly's former name, Bäherden, was restored in the same decree, and the Altyn Asyr District was abolished. On 9 November 2022

936-431: The city was named Arkadag in honor of Berdimuhamedow, the seat of Ahal Province was moved from Anau to Arkadag, and the nearby village of Aba Annayew was annexed to the city. Local media reported, With the goals of improving living conditions of the population in the framework of the first phase of construction 258 2-, 5-, 7- and 9-story apartment buildings will be built. In addition, 19 retail stores, 3 repair centers,

975-439: The city's formal opening was set for 29 June 2023, which coincided with the birthday of former President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. The city was built based on a centralized architectural plan following a design competition involving five separate submissions. All buildings are faced with white marble along symmetrically laid out streets. The following facilities will be named as follows: All residential buildings, except for

1014-541: The city. The city will include 15 km of bicycle paths. A first mass cycling rally was held in April 2023. The city is equipped with smart traffic lights . They are equipped with special buttons and sound signals so that visually- and hearing-impaired people can easily cross streets. The traffic lights will change their operating mode depending on traffic congestion on the streets and intersections. Computer servers analyze images from street cameras and send signals to

1053-674: The construction of facilities in the industrial zone of the city of Arkadag for the production of food, industrial, pharmaceutical and medical products. People's Council of Turkmenistan Chairperson and former President of Turkmenistan Berdimuhamedov has proposed naming Arkadag's streets after "great personages, who left their undimmed impact on national culture, art, literature, and history," and in particular named Berdi Kerbabayev , Kerim Gurbannepesow , Gurbannazar Ezizow , Alty Garlyyev , and Maya Kuliyeva , among others. As of 30 March 2023 Arkadag includes two boroughs: Kärizek etraby and Gorjaw etraby , ( Turkmen : etraplar ), each with

1092-662: The first phase would cost an estimated $ 3.3 billion and the second phase an estimated $ 1.5 billion, for a total of $ 4.8 billion. Phase two construction is reported to include ...five secondary schools for 720 pupils each, nine kindergartens for 320 children, a polyclinic, fire station...administrative buildings of the mayor of Arkadag, a museum, a square, a shopping center and a household goods store in one building, 36 five-storey apartment buildings with 30 apartments each, 36 five-storey apartment buildings with 40 apartments each, twenty-four 42-apartment seven-storey building, 14 nine-storey buildings of 54 apartments each...a railway station,

1131-508: The new city of Arkadag was formally incorporated as the new capital city of Ahal and was accorded district status. Ahal produces wheat and cotton. Cotton grown in Ahal is ginned at mills in Akdepe, Gökdepe , Kaka , and Tejen , and spun into cotton yarn at mills in Ashgabat , Gökdepe, and Kaka. Textile complexes are found in Ashgabat, Akdepe (Bäherden), Gökdepe, and Kaka. Cotton seed

1170-474: The new city of Arkadag. State-controlled media reported in October 2023 that the second phase of construction is scheduled to be completed by September 2026. This announcement clarified an earlier report of March 2023 that the second phase of construction was to be completed by 2026. In November 2023, Arkadag's land area was expanded by another 119 hectares, 102 from neighboring Gökdepe District and 17 from

1209-550: The southeast corner of the province, passing through two large reservoirs south of the city of Tejen . Ahal is known for the Battle of Geok Tepe of 1881, today the site of the imposing Saparmurat Hajji Mosque , and for the Bäherden underground warm lake (in the Kov Ata karst cave), both west of Ashgabat . The administrative centre of Ahal Province is Arkadag , a $ 1.5 billion mostly greenfield development just west of

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1248-412: The traffic lights. Sidewalks are paved with tactile sidewalk tiles . Pedestrian overpasses in the city are equipped with elevators or escalators . The city launched its own Arkadag television channel and Arkadag newspaper. 2G , 3G and LTE networks from Altyn Asyr are available in the city. Optical GPON network was put into operation in the city. Each apartment was connected to

1287-411: The two-story cottages, are equipped with modern elevators able to serve as cargo elevators. Arkadag is intended to be Turkmenistan's first "smart city". It is planned to create an industrial cluster in the city focused on the production of certain types of products from the medical and pharmaceutical industries and baby food. The German company Goetzpartners will provide consulting services for

1326-870: Was awarded the Order of Lenin . On 14 December 1992, the People's Council (Turkmen: Maslahaty ) adopted Law No. 783-ХП, “On the Order of Deciding Issues of Administrative-Territorial Structure of Turkmenistan”, and Resolution XM-6. These statutes changed the Russian word oblast' (область), rendered in Turkmen Cyrillic as област, to the Persian loan word welaýat in reference to provinces. The resolution renamed Ashgabat oblasty ( Russian : Ашгабатская область , Turkmen Сyrillic: Ашгабат областы) to Ahal welaýaty. Anau

1365-594: Was commissioned in Ovadandepe, Gökdepe District. Built by Rönesans and Kawasaki using technology from Haldor Topsoe , the factory has a design capacity of 600,000 tonnes of gasoline, 12,000 tonnes of Diesel fuel, and 115,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas per year, produced from 1.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas. In 2019, Turkmenistan produced 5.1 million standard square meters (4mm thickness) of sheet glass, all of it in Ahal. A $ 375 million float glass and glass container plant built by Tepe Inşaat of Turkey

1404-647: Was constructed in 2010 to power the city of Ashgabat and expanded in 2013 and 2014 to power the Olympic Village. The Ovadandepe Prison is located approximately 30 kilometers NNW of G. Orazow adyndaky oba, the seat of the Ovadandepe Rural Council ( Turkmen : Owadandepe geňeşligi ). The National Space Agency 's ground station for communicating with the TurkmenÄlem-52E satellite is located approximately 6 kilometers north of

1443-402: Was designated the capital of Ahal. The capital was moved to the new city of Arkadag on 20 December 2022. Ataniyazov wrote, The meaning of the name is not clear. Khiva historians Munis and Agahi write that the name means "drainage ditch" and it was so named because the Ahal lands were swampy and suitable for rice cultivation (MITT, II, p. 359)...Vambery, on the other hand, writes that the word

1482-403: Was opened February 14, 2018, in Ovadandepe north of Ashgabat. It replaced a Soviet-era glass factory located in central Ashgabat. In 2019, the value of Turkmenistan's glass exports as reported by trading partners was $ 9.5 million. A steel smelter , Türkmen Demir Önümleri Döwlet Kärhanasy (English: Turkmen Iron Products State Enterprise ), operating on scrap metal is located at kilometer 22 on

1521-510: Was operating at 64% of capacity. The Kelete Cement Plant has a design capacity of one million tons per year, but as of 2019 was producing at 8.1% of that level. The Derweze State Electrical Power Station ( Turkmen : Derweze Döwlet Elektrik Stansiýasy ), a 504.4 megawatt power plant built by Çalık Enerji in 2015, is located near Ovadandepe. The Ahal State Power Station ( Turkmen : Ahal Döwlet Elektrik Stansiýasy ), located about 9 kilometers NE of Anau , with design capacity of 650 megawatts,

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