Daşoguz

Daşoguz (), formerly known as Tashauz ( ) until 1992 and Dashkhovuz ( ) until 1999, is a city in northern Turkmenistan and the capital of Daşoguz Province. The border with Uzbekistan is about away.

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Daşoguz is a city in northern Turkmenistan that serves as the capital of Daşoguz Province. Located near the border with Uzbekistan, it is a significant administrative center in the region.

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Place details

Locality: Daşoguz
Region: Daşoguz welaýaty
Country: Türkmenistan
Population: 201,142
Timezone: Asia/Ashgabat

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Daşoguz
Settlement.other_name: Daşoguz şäheri
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Dashoguz (2) (46100624741).jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Turkmenistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Turkmenistan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Turkmenistan
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Daşoguz Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Mammetnyyaz Owezovich Nurmammedov
Settlement.established_title3: Incorporated
Settlement.area_total_km2: 160.6
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022 census
Settlement.population_total: 201,142
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Дашогуз
Population: 227184
Elevation: 88
Image: Dashoguz (1) (46100624911).jpg
Dialing code: 993
Licence plate code: DZ

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Commons category: Daşoguz
name in kana: ダシュオグズ
native label: Daşoguz
inception: 1681-00-00
postal code: 746300
P12749: power supply unit

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Travel guide

Understand

thumb|upright=1.3|Baking bread at Bai Bazaar

Dasoguz is a town mainly from Soviet times. It has an airport and serves as a starting point for the visit of Konye Urgench, the capital of one of the most important empires in Central Asia, Khoresm, and as transit point for Urgench and Khiva in Uzbekistan.

Get around

Konye Urgench Izmukshir, 25 km southwest of Dashoguz, birthplace of one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages, Az-Zamahshari

See

Dinosaur sculptures in the town centre Bai Bazaar, colourful market

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Geography
Climate
History
City
Transportation
Demographics
Notable people
Sport
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Daşoguz (), formerly known as Tashauz ( ) until 1992 and Dashkhovuz ( ) until 1999, is a city in northern Turkmenistan and the capital of Daşoguz Province. The border with Uzbekistan is about away.

==Geography== It is located at latitude 41.833° north, longitude 59.9667° east, at an average of 88 meters above sea level. It is about from Nukus, Uzbekistan, and from Ashgabat. In nearby Lake Sarykamysh 65 varieties of fish can be found.