Turkmenistan Trip

Daşoguz (Daszoguz, formerly Taszauz, Turkmen. Daşoguz / Дашогуз) – a town in northern Turkmenistan near the border with Uzbekistan. It is situated on the lowlands Turańskiej in the area of so-called. Oasis Chorezmijskiej at a height of 88 meters It is located at a distance of about 460 km north of the capital of the country – Aszchabadu. Geographical coordinates: [Show location on interactive map] 41 ° 51 ‘N, 59 ° 58′ E. Population: 141.8 thousand. (1995). Daşoguz is the third of the population in terms of city land. It is the administrative center wilajetu daszoguskiego.

Taszauz was founded at the end of the nineteenth century as a fortress chiwańska on the border with Turkmenistan. In 1873 Russia went into administration. In the years 1920-1924 included in the People’s Republic Soviet Chorezmijskiej. In 1924 near the old settlement founded a new city, which developed rapidly after the construction of a railway line Kungrad-Türkmenabat. Developed here, the food, cotton and machinery. The city has an airport.

The city is located near the city Köneürgenç entered on the UNESCO list of world heritage.