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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ